Location Dakar Dakar Senegal Dakar, Dakar, Senegal 14.6667, -17.4333 501 BCE – 490 BCE Capital Of French West Africa Substate Senegal (French colony) State Senegal, Republic of State People Alvise Cadamosto Amerigo Vespucci Charles II Diogo Dias Gaspar da Gama +15 more Groups Arab people Carthage, Kingdom of Indian people Nair Kilwa Sultanate +21 more Topics Hinduism Younger Subboreal Period Phoenician colonization Sub-Saharan Africa, Ancient Islam +11 more Subjects Technology Watercraft Religion Trade Conflict +3 more Commodities Weapons Domestic animals Slaves Industrial metals Locations Dakar Dakar Senegal Cite this entry Moran, J. (2017). Dakar Dakar Senegal. History Atlas. Retrieved 7 October 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/locations/dakar-dakar-senegal/ Related events Loading related events…