Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-224) and index.
Contents
Northern Africa at the end of the Bronze Age -- Early food production in middle Africa -- Late Stone Age hunter-gatherers in Africa south of the Equator -- North-east Africa and the Greek-speaking world -- North Africa and its invaders from 500 B.C. till the Arab conquests -- Sub-Saharan West Africa in the Early Iron Age -- 500 B.C. to A.D. 1000 -- West-central Africa around the first millennium A.D. -- East Africa to about the eleventh century -- South-central Africa to the eleventh century -- South of the Limpopo and the Kalahari -- Muslim Egypt and Christian Nubia -- Christianity and Islam in north-east Africa -- The eastern Maghrib and the central Sudan during the early Muslim period -- The western Maghrib and Sudan c. 700-1250 -- Mali and its neighbours c. 1250-1450 -- West Africa south of Hausaland c. 700-1400 -- Eastern Africa and the outside world c. 1000-1400 -- States and trading systems of central Africa c. 1000-1400.
