African Civilization Revisited: From Antiquity to Modern TimesA classic book on African history as told in the chronicles and records of chiefs and kings, travellers and merchant-adventurers, poets and pirates and priests, soldiers and scholars. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
Contents
The Stages of the Past | 8 |
African and Asian Records | 24 |
The Western Contribution | 32 |
Copyright | |
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African Civilization Revisited: From Antiquity to Modern Times Basil Davidson No preview available - 1991 |
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African history ancient Arabic army arrived Askia Muhammad Benin brought called captain carried century chief Christian civilization cloth coast colonial Congo continued cotton Dutch early East African Egypt Egyptian empire English Ethiopia Europe European extracts French Ghana gold Guebra Mascal Guinea hand Hausa horse hundred Ibn Battuta India inhabitants Iron Age Islam island ivory journey Kano Kazembe Kilwa king of Portugal king's kingdom land later leagues London lord Mali Malindi Manamotapa merchants Meroe middle missionaries mitqals Mombasa Monomotapa Moors Mozambique Muhammad Muslim natives Negroes Niger Nigeria Nile Portugalls Portuguese records regions river Rozwi ruler Sahara sent ships slave trade Sofala Songhay southern stone Sudan Sultan Swahili Tarikh thousand Timbuktu told town translation Travels vassals voyage West Africa Western Sudan whole women Yoruba Zambezi Zanj Zimbabwe