Section 10.1 African Societies
Section 10.1 African Societies
Please read this article in its entirety. Pay special attention to how civilization spread from the Middle East to Africa.
The Rise of Civilization in the Middle East
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Please read the sections of the article entitled “African Geography,” “African Roots of Human Society and Culture,” “The Food Production Revolution in Africa,” and “West Africa in Antiquity.” This will give you a good overview of the development of the earliest civilizations in Africa.
Ancient African Civilization to ca. 1500
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Please read this webpage in its entirety. Please pay special attention to how iron transformed these early African cultures.
The Rest of the Story about Africa
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Please read the entirety of the introduction and the selection, paying special attention to Leo Africanus’s detailed descriptions of trade networks in central Africa.
Description of Timbuktu
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