Ancient Africa

Author : Captivating History
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1647488710

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Ancient Africa by Captivating History Pdf

If you want to discover the captivating history of ancient Africa, then keep reading... Africa is the continent where the first humans were born. They explored the vast land and produced the first tools. And although we migrated from that continent, we never completely abandoned it. From the beginning of time, humans lived and worked in Africa, leaving evidence of their existence in the sands of the Sahara Desert and the valleys of the great rivers, such as the Nile and Niger. Some of the earliest great civilizations were born there, and they give us an insight into the smaller kingdoms of ancient Africa. Egypt is the main source of knowledge of many neighboring kingdoms that were just as rich and developed. Unfortunately, they were forgotten in time, as other civilizations and kingdoms replaced them as the continent's power bases. Only recently are we rediscovering the might of the Kingdom of Aksum, the political prowess of Kush, and the richness of the mysterious Punt. The early medieval kingdoms of Ghana and Mali are still being researched due to their unique pre-Muslim culture and their own outlook on Islam. As the home of the many pharaohs, Queen Sheba, Hannibal Barca, and Mansa Musa, Africa deserves our full attention. It has stories to tell us and cultural riches to share with us. Africa is where paganism, Christianity, and Islam left their trails and created a cultural fusion that is unique to the continent. Some modern countries are popular tourist destinations, while others are war-torn lands still unable to industrialize. This polarity of Africa can be traced to ancient times, and the world-shaping events that occurred here need to be studied and understood. In Ancient Africa: A Captivating Guide to Ancient African Civilizations, Such as the Kingdom of Kush, the Land of Punt, Carthage, the Kingdom of Aksum, and the Mali Empire with its Timbuktu, you will discover topics such as The Kingdom of Kush The Land of Punt Carthage The Kingdom of Aksum The Ghana Empire The Mali Empire And much, much more! So if you want to learn more about ancient Africa, scroll up and click the "add to cart" button!

Author : Hazel Richardson
Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Africa
ISBN : 0778720438

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Life in Ancient Africa by Hazel Richardson Pdf

Presents a concise history of the civilization of ancient Africa and discusses early Egyptian and Nubian cultures, rulers and warriors of Africa, economic trade, worship and beliefs, art and music, and more.

Author : David O'Connor,Andrew Reid
Publisher : Left Coast Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781598742053

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ANCIENT EGYPT IN AFRICA by David O'Connor,Andrew Reid Pdf

This book considers the evidence for actual contacts between Egypt and other early African cultures, and how influential, or not, Egypt was on them.

Author : Adam Muksawa
Publisher : Muksawa
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Ancient Africa — Fully Explained: Geography, Prehistory, Early History and the Rise of Its Civilizations by Adam Muksawa Pdf

The Ancient history of Africa can be thought of as a history of beginnings, for it is in Africa that the human story first begins. In telling this story of Africa's past, a variety of images and maps are included — which means that you'll never get "lost" in a "sea" of text. And like the cover says, everything is "fully explained" (without becoming — tedious, boring, dull etc.). The end-result of all this is a truly engaging book, suitable for all, that will likely change how you think about Africa (forever).

Author : Barnaby Rogerson
Publisher : Haus Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781909961555

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In Search of Ancient North Africa by Barnaby Rogerson Pdf

For forty years, Barnaby Rogerson has travelled across North Africa, making sense of the region’s complex and fascinating history as both a writer and a guide. Throughout that time there have always been a handful of stories he could not pin into neat, tidy narratives; stories that were not distinctly good or bad, tragic or pathetic, selfish or heroic, malicious or noble. This book, neither a work of history nor travel writing, is a journey into the ruins of a landscape in an attempt to make sense of those stories through the lives of six historical figures, five men and one woman: A sacrificial refugee (Queen Dido); a prisoner of war who became a compliant tool of the Roman Empire (King Juba II); an unpromising provincial who, as Emperor, brought the Roman Empire to its dazzling apogee (Septimius Severus); an intellectual careerist who became a bishop and a saint (St Augustine); the greatest general the world has ever known (Hannibal); and the Berber Cavalry General who eventually defeated him (Masinissa). All six of these lives are surrounded with as much myth as fact, but the destinies of these North African figures remain highly relevant today. Their descendants are faced with many of the same choices: Should you stay pure to your own culture and fight against the power of the West, or should you study and assimilate to this other culture, and utilize its skills? Will it greet you as an ally only to own you as a slave? In between these life stories, Rogerson explores the ruins of ancient sites, which tell their own tales, and reveals the multiple interconnections that bind the culture of this region with the wider world, particularly the spiritual traditions of the ancient Near East.

Author : International Scientific Committee for the drafting of a General History of Africa
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 825 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1981-12-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789231017087

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General History of Africa by International Scientific Committee for the drafting of a General History of Africa Pdf

Deals with the period beginning at the close of the Neolithic era, from around the eighth millennium before our era. This period of some 9,000 years of history has been sub-divided into four major geographical zones, following the pattern of African historical research. Chapters 1 to 12 cover the corridor of the Nile, Egypt and Nubia. Chapters 13 to 16 relate to the Ethiopian highlands. Chapters 17 to 20 describe the part of Africa later called the Magrhib and its Saharan hinterland. Chapters 21 to 29, the rest of Africa as well as some of the islands of the Indian Ocean.--Publisher's description

Author : Christopher Ehret
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691244105

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Ancient Africa by Christopher Ehret Pdf

A panoramic narrative that places ancient Africa on the stage of world history This book brings together archaeological and linguistic evidence to provide a sweeping global history of ancient Africa, tracing how the continent played an important role in the technological, agricultural, and economic transitions of world civilization. Christopher Ehret takes readers from the close of the last Ice Age some ten thousand years ago, when a changing climate allowed for the transition from hunting and gathering to the cultivation of crops and raising of livestock, to the rise of kingdoms and empires in the first centuries of the common era. Ehret takes up the problem of how we discuss Africa in the context of global history, combining results of multiple disciplines. He sheds light on the rich history of technological innovation by African societies—from advances in ceramics to cotton weaving and iron smelting—highlighting the important contributions of women as inventors and innovators. He shows how Africa helped to usher in an age of agricultural exchange, exporting essential crops as well as new agricultural methods into other regions, and how African traders and merchants led a commercial revolution spanning diverse regions and cultures. Ehret lays out the deeply African foundations of ancient Egyptian culture, beliefs, and institutions and discusses early Christianity in Africa. A monumental achievement by one of today’s eminent scholars, Ancient Africa offers vital new perspectives on our shared past, explaining why we need to reshape our historical frameworks for understanding the ancient world as a whole.

Author : Cheikh Anta Diop
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Africans
ISBN : OCLC:1391719575

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The African Origin of Civilization by Cheikh Anta Diop Pdf

Author : Dierk Lange
Publisher : J.H.Röll Verlag
Page : 603 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Africa, West
ISBN : 9783897541153

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Ancient Kingdoms of West Africa by Dierk Lange Pdf

Author : Muḥammad Jamāl al-Dīn Mukhtār
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1990-06-27
Category : History
ISBN : 0520066979

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UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. II, Abridged Edition by Muḥammad Jamāl al-Dīn Mukhtār Pdf

"This volume covers the period from the end of the Neolithic era to the beginning of the seventh century of our era. This lengthy period includes the civilization of Ancient Egypt, the history of Nubia, Ethiopia, North Africa and the Sahara, as well as of the other regions of the continent and its islands."--Publisher's description.

Author : Michael S. Bisson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0742502619

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Ancient African Metallurgy by Michael S. Bisson Pdf

Gold. Copper. Iron. Metal working in Africa has been the subject of both popular lore and extensive archaeological investigation. In this volume, four leading archaeologists attempt to provide a complete synthesis of current debates and understandings: When, how and where was metal first introduced to the continent? How were iron and copper tools, implements, and objects used in everyday life, in trade, in political and cultural contexts? What role did metals play in the ideological systems of precolonial African peoples? Substantive chapters address the origins of African metal working and analyze the specific uses, technology, and ideology of both copper and iron. An ethnoarchaeological account in the words of a contemporary iron worker enriches the archaeological explanations. The volume will be of great value to scholars and students of archaeology, African history, and the history of technology.

Author : Bellerophon Books
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1985-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0883880903

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A Coloring Book of Ancient Africa by Bellerophon Books Pdf

Author : Michael Woods,Mary B. Woods
Publisher : Lerner Books [UK]
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-01
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9780761343202

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Seven Wonders of Ancient Africa by Michael Woods,Mary B. Woods Pdf

Author : Marq De Villiers,Sheila Hirtle
Publisher : Phoenix
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Africa
ISBN : 0753804603

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Into Africa by Marq De Villiers,Sheila Hirtle Pdf

A brilliant picture of a rich, exotic, complex and fascinating continent in the style of Bruce Chatwin. Verbal snapshots, images, anecdotes, legends, tales, gossip, illustrations, photographs, art and maps lend insight and depth to this multi-layered portrait of a continent. Into Africa uses the ancient empires and trading patterns of prehistory as the primary framework, to explain how Africa was and is today. The book does not ignore the calamities, the collapse of civil authority, the wars, the famines, the human misery, the environmental degradation. But it does record the triumphs, small and large. More important, Into Africa goes beyond politics and tourism, into history and legend, art and culture, both popular and profound.

Author : Marijke van der Veen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781475767308

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The Exploitation of Plant Resources in Ancient Africa by Marijke van der Veen Pdf

This volume presents a completely new and very substantial body of information about the origin of agriculture and plant use in Africa. All the evidence is very recent and for the first time all this archaeobotanical evidence is brought together in one volume (at present the information is unpublished or published in many disparate journals, confer ence reports, monographs, site reports, etc. ). Early publications concerned with the origins of African plant domestication relied almost exclusively on inferences made from the modem distribution of the wild progenitors of African cultivars; there existed virtually no archaeobotanical data at that time. Even as recently as the early 1990s direct evidence for the transition to farming and the relative roles of indigenous versus Near Eastern crops was lacking for most of Africa. This volume changes that and presents a wide range of ex citing new evidence, including case studies from Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Uganda, Egypt, and Sudan, which range in date from 8000 BP to the present day. The volume ad dresses topics such as the role of wild plant resources in hunter-gatherer and farming com munities, the origins of agriculture, the agricultural foundation of complex societies, long-distance trade, the exchange of foods and crops, and the human impact on local vege tation-all key issues of current research in archaeology, anthropology, agronomy, ecol ogy, and economic history.