Short History
HISTORY
160 Pages, 5 x 8
Formats: Trade Paper, EPUB, Mobipocket, PDF
Trade Paper, $22.95 (US $22.95) (CA $30.95)
Publication Date: June 2012
ISBN 9781842434420
Rights: US, CA & MX
Oldcastle Books Ltd (Jun 2012)
Pocket Essentials
eBook Editions Available
Will it work on my eReader?Beginning with the origins of the human race and the development of stone age technology, this history of the cradle of civilization moves through ancient and medieval times, the significance of the Arab presence, the Muslim states, and the trans-Saharan trade. It continues with the rise and fall of nation states and kingdoms prior to the arrival of Europeans, Ghana, the Kingdoms of the Forest and Savanna, Yoruba, Oyo, Benin, Asante, Luba, Lunda, Lozil, and many others, on to the beginning of the slave trade, and the European conquest and colonization of sub-Saharan Africa, the "Scramble for Africa." Finally moving onto the often bitter struggles for independence from that period of colonization and exploitation, it concludes with an assessment of Africa in the 21st century.