Cambridge History of Africa

Klappentext This volume examines the period from c.1050 to c.1600, in which Iron Age cultures passed into stages of maturity. Zusammenfassung The five and a half centuries described in this volume during the period from c.1050 to c.1600! were those in which Iron Age cultures passed from their early and experimental phases into stages of maturity characterized by long-distance trade and complex! many-tiered political systems. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: some interregional themes Roland Oliver; 1. Egypt, Nubia, and the Eastern Deserts Ivan Hrbek; 2. Ethiopia, the Red Sea and the Horn Taddesse Tamrat; 3. The East Coast, Madagascar and the Indian Ocean H. Neville Chittick; 4. The eastern Maghrib and the central Sudan H. J. Fisher; 5. The western Maghrib and Sudan Nehemia Levtzion; 6. Upper and lower guinea J. D. Fage; 7. Central Africa from Cameroun to the Zambezi David Birmingham; 8. Southern Africa David Birmingham, and Shula Marks; 9. The East African interior Roland Oliver.

Product details

• Authors: J. D. Fage, Roland Oliver
• Assisted by: Roland Oliver (Editor), Oliver Roland (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.01.1977
• EAN: 9780521209816
• ISBN: 978-0-521-20981-6
• No. of pages: 818
• Series: Cambridge History of Africa th
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous