| Description |
xii, 480 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introducing Africa and its history -- Africa before the agricultural age, 16,000-9000 BCE -- Culture and technology in Africa, 9000-3500 BCE -- Diverging paths of history : Africa 3500-1000 BCE -- An age of commerce, an age of iron : Africa, 1000 BCE to 300 CE -- Southern, central, and eastern Africa : the middle centuries, 300-1450 -- Northeastern, West, and North Africa : the middle centuries, 300-1450 -- The early Atlantic age, 1450-1640 -- Africa in the era of the Atlantic slave trade, 1640-1800. |
| Subject |
Africa -- Civilization.
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| ISBN |
0813920841 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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081392085X (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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