Is isolation the reason Africa civilizations were not long lasting?

if not, what do you think was the reason?Is isolation the reason Africa civilizations were not long lasting?
I am not sure about your question because Africa is really big with many distinct groups of people. Egyptians were around for a relatively long time. They did build the pyramids, huge temple, and cities, and that did not happen over night. I am pretty sure that they traded very regularly with countries all over the Mediterranean, so I don;t believe that isolation was a problem for them.





Countless African tribes could probably trace their lineage to the beginning of human history, but there is no way to prove that since they do not keep written histories or have any way to keep records.





I think that many of the culture's that have been driven out, died out, or been killed off could probably be attributed to exploitation by more ';advanced'; civilizations across the world. Africa is incredibly rich in resources, and Africans continue to be exploited by both foreigners and sometime their own countrymen.





I don't know if that really helps, but the question is really broad, and I am sure that at least one group of people in Africa may have been impacted by the effects of isolation.


There have been many civilizations in Africa though, and I know that at least a couple of them were not short lived compared to groups elsewhere in the world.Is isolation the reason Africa civilizations were not long lasting?
i would disagree because if you took the greek city-states, they were basically isolated from each other in the sense that each city-state had their own way of governing themselves and their societies were much different from another. In sparta your profession was a soldier ( if you were a male citizen), athens was home to democracy (although a limited form), where other places were an oligarchy or totalitarian
but that's not true! Better do some online research, try typing in African civilizations and see what you get, besides being quite surprised with what you learn ... good luck