The civilizations of Africa : a history to 1800 / Christopher Ehret.

Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 2002.

xii, 480 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Introducing Africa and its history -- Africa before the agricultural age, 16,000-9000 BCE -- Culture and technology in Africa, 9000-3500 BCE -- Diverging paths of history : Africa 3500-1000 BCE -- An age of commerce, an age of iron : Africa, 1000 BCE to 300 CE -- Southern, central, and eastern Africa : the middle centuries, 300-1450 -- Northeastern, West, and North Africa : the middle centuries, 300-1450 -- The early Atlantic age, 1450-1640 -- Africa in the era of the Atlantic slave trade, 1640-1800.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2004. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet. This volume is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.