The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800 a History to 1800

by Christopher Ehret

Book Overview

With his focus on precolonial Africa, Christopher Ehret provides in The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800 a remarkably complete and original overview of African history during the long... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081392085X
• ISBN13: 9780813920856
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.5" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

A great overview of African History

This is a great easy to understand overview of African History in that it is decently comprehensive, and doesn't bog the reader down in a million names and dates. The best feature of this book is its focus on Africa, for it's own sake, instead of in relation to others. It also talks more about what the people were doing than kings and other heads of states, and how people interacted together, in such forms as trade, cultural difussion, and yes, wars. While dry in parts, as it is in fact a textbook, it makes African history accessible to one who hasn't gotten enough of it. I recommend it highly.