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Summary:
This volume
covers the period from the end of the Neolithic era to the
beginning of the seventh century of our era. This lengthy
period includes the civilization of Ancient Egypt, the history of
Nubia, Ethiopia, North Africa and the Sahara, as well as of the
other regions of the continent and its islands.
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Contents
editions
Main
edition
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English:
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1981, Heinemann/
UNESCO/University of California Press |
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French:
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1980,
UNESCO/Jeune Afrique/Stock |
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Italian:
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1988, Jaca Book/UNESCO |
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Spanish:
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1983, Tecnos/UNESCO |
Portuguese: |
1983, Atica/UNESCO |
Arabic: |
1986, UNESCO |
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Abridged
edition
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English:
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1990, UNESCO/ James
Currey/University of California Press |
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French:
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1987, UNESCO/
Edicef/ Présence
Africaine |
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Hausa:
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1989 |
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Fulani:
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1992 |
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n Contents
General
Introduction
G. MOKHTAR with the
collaboration of J. VERCOUTTER
Chapter 1: Origin of the ancient Egyptians
Chapter 2: Pharaonic Egypt
A. ABU BAKR
Chapter 3: Pharaonic Egypt: society,
economy and culture
J. YOYOTTE
Chapter
4: Egypt’s relations with the rest of Africa
A.H. ZAYED with the
collaboration of J. DEVISSE
Chapter
5: The legacy of Pharaonic Egypt
R. EL NADURY with
the collaboration of J. VERCOUTTER
Chapter 6: Egypt in the hellenistic era
A. RIAD with the
collaboration of J. DEVISSE
Chapter 7: Egypt
under Roman domination
S. DONADONI
Chapter 8: The importance of Nubia: a link between Central Africa and the
Mediterranean
S. ADAM with the
collaboration of J. VERCOUTTER
Chapter 9: Nubia before Napata (-3100 to -750)
N.M. SHERIF
Chapter
10: The empire of Kush: Napata and Meroe
J. LECLANT
Chapter
11: The civilization of Napata and Meroe
A. HAKEM with the
collaboration of I. HRBEK and J. VERCOUTTER
Chapter 12: The spreading of Christianity in Nubia
K. MICHALOWSKI
Chapter
13: Pre-Aksumite
culture
H. DE CONTENSON
Chapter
14: The civilization of Aksum from the first to the seventh century
F. ANFRAY
Chapter
15: Aksum: political system, economics and culture, first to fourth century
Y. KOBISHANOV
Chapter
16: Christian Aksum
T. MEKOURIA
Chaptere 17: The proto-Berbers
J. DESANGES
Chapter
18: The Carthaginian period
B. H. WARMINGTON
Chapter
19: The Roman and post-Roman period in North Africa
I. A. MAHJOUBI
II. From Rome to Islam
P. SALAMA
Chapter 20: The Sahara in classical antiquity
P. SALAMA
Chapter
21: Introduction to the later prehistory of sub-Saharan Africa
M. POSNANSKY
Chapter
22: The East African coast and its role in maritime trade
A.M.H. SHERIF
Chapter
23: East Africa before the seventh century
J.E.G. SUTTON
Chapter 24: West Africa before the seventh century
B. WAI-ANDAH
Chapter 25: Central Africa
F. VAN NOTEN with
the collaboration of D. COHEN and P. DE MARET
Chapter 26: Southern Africa: hunters and food-gatherers
J.E. PARKINGTON & Y. TALIB
Chapter
27: The beginnings of the iron age in southern Africa
D.W. PHILLIPSON
Chapter
28: Madagascar
P. VÉRIN
Chapter
29: The societies of Africa south of the Sahara in the early iron age
M. POSNANSKY
Conclusion
G. MOKHTAR
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