Ancient means of transportation employed by Africans before Westernization

Horses, carts and chariots

Horses were used by one of the biggest ethnic groups in Africa; the Hausas. They traditionally used horses for transportation. It was not until later that horses were known to exist in the Northern part of Africa. Although horses do not generally live in desert areas, Namib desert horses were and are still used in the Namib Desert of Namibia for transportation of humans and goods.

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Horses were introduced to ancient Egypt by people of mixed origins known as the Hyksos who settled in the eastern Nile Delta in 1650 BC. However, some findings show inscriptions from Egypt temple of Hatshepsut at Dier EL Bahr dating to the 15^th century BC that horses were first brought into Egypt from the land of Punt, which is a region encompassing modern-day Eastern Sudan and Eritrea.

Kushite Pharaohs of Nubia were the first to domesticate Horses, a practice that was later adopted by the Egyptians. In much later years, chariots and carts were constructed and attached to horses for movement.