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Author : Mary Quigley
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1403400989
Examines the social, economic, political, and cultural life of the people of ancient Ghana, Mali, and Songhai, including profiles of influential citizens.
Author : Jane Shuter
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1432913328
Provides an overview of the culture and civilizations of the ancient West African Kingdoms of Mali, Ghana, and Songhai.
Author : Daryll Forde,P. M. Kaberry
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429958519
Originally published in 1967 this volume presents studies of 10 West African kingdoms which have played an important part in the economic, political and cultural life of the region. Ranging geographically from the kingdom of Benin in southern Nigeria to the Wolof kingdom of Kayor in Senegal, they inlcude the Oyo Yoruba, Dahomey, Hausa, Maradi, Kom in West Cameroon, the Mossi, Ashanti and Gonja and the Mende chiefdoms of Sierra Leone. Each outlines the historical origins and development of the kingdom and analyses its organization in the nineteenth century. It includes accounts of the economic basis and resources of the state and the significance of tribute and trade, of the social categories among its population, the administrarive machinery and communnications, the judicial and military organization and external relations. It also considers the importance of the ideology and rituals of kingship.
Author : Dierk Lange
Publisher : J.H.Röll Verlag
Page : 603 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Africa, West
ISBN : 9783897541153
Author : Pierre-Damien Mvuyekure
Publisher : World Eras
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0787660477
This volume, focusing on West African kingdoms and empires, presents topical entries on events, ideas, developments, material conditions, and personalities.
Author : Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack
Publisher : Square Fish
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781250113511
For more than a thousand years, from A.D. 500 to 1700, the medieval kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay grew rich on the gold, salt, and slave trade that stretched across Africa. Scraping away hundreds of years of ignorance, prejudice, and mythology, award-winnnig authors Patricia and Fredrick McKissack reveal the glory of these forgotten empires while inviting us to share in the inspiring process of historical recovery that is taking place today.
Author : Michael Gomez
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691196824
In a radically new account of the importance of early Africa in global history, Gomez traces how Islam's growth in West Africa, along with intensifying commerce that included slaves, resulted in a series of political experiments unique to the region, culminating in the rise of empire.
Author : Philip Koslow
Publisher : Facts On File
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0791022668
Outlines the history of the kingdoms of West Africa from the 8th through the 19th centuries.
Author : David C. Conrad
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9781604131642
Explores empires of medieval west Africa.
Author : Captivating History
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1647488710
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 : Kenny Mann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Ghana (Empire)
ISBN : 0875186564
A study of the legends and history of the ancient West African kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay, including background and commentary on Islam's influence in the region
Author : Katherine E. Reece
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2005-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781606941447
Explores Ancient West African Civilization's Importance, Place In History, And Major Contributions To Society.
Author : Toby Green
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780241003282
Winner of the Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2019 Shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize and the Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award 'Astonishing, staggering' Ben Okri, Daily Telegraph A groundbreaking new history that will transform our view of West Africa By the time of the 'Scramble for Africa' in the late nineteenth century, Africa had already been globally connected for many centuries. Its gold had fuelled the economies of Europe and Islamic world since around 1000, and its sophisticated kingdoms had traded with Europeans along the coasts from Senegal down to Angola since the fifteenth century. Until at least 1650, this was a trade of equals, using a variety of currencies - most importantly shells: the cowrie shells imported from the Maldives, and the nzimbu shells imported from Brazil. Toby Green's groundbreaking new book transforms our view of West and West-Central Africa. It reconstructs the world of kingdoms whose existence (like those of Europe) revolved around warfare, taxation, trade, diplomacy, complex religious beliefs, royal display and extravagance, and the production of art. Over time, the relationship between Africa and Europe revolved ever more around the trade in slaves, damaging Africa's relative political and economic power as the terms of monetary exchange shifted drastically in Europe's favour. In spite of these growing capital imbalances, longstanding contacts ensured remarkable connections between the Age of Revolution in Europe and America and the birth of a revolutionary nineteenth century in Africa. A Fistful of Shells draws not just on written histories, but on archival research in nine countries, on art, praise-singers, oral history, archaeology, letters, and the author's personal experience to create a new perspective on the history of one of the world's most important regions.
Author : Beth Nelson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2001-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 0739841521
Learn about the daily life and culture of the people who lived long ago in Africa.
Author : Kathleen Bickford Berzock
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780691182681
Issued in conjunction with the exhibition Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time, held January 26, 2019-July 21, 2019, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.