African civilizations : an archaeological perspective /
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| Author / Creator: | Connah, Graham, author. |
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
| Imprint: | New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016. ©2016 |
| Description: | xiii, 412 pages ; 26 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10396460 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The context
- 2. Origins: social change on the lower Nile
- 3. The Mediterranean frontier: North Africa
- 4. Sudanic genesis: Nubia
- 5. Isolation: the Ethiopian and Eritrean Highlands
- 6. Opportunity and constraint in the West African savanna
- 7. Achieving power: the West African forest and its fringes
- 8. Indian Ocean networks: the East African coast and islands
- 9. Cattle, ivory and gold: social complexity in Zambezia
- 10. Central Africa: the Upemba Depression, Interlacustrine Region and Far West
- 11. Settlement growth and emerging polities: South Africa
- 12. What are the common denominators?
