The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800

By Christopher Ehret

Book Overview

Since its initial publication, The Civilizationsof Africa has established itself as the most authoritative text available on early African history. Addressing the glaring lack of works concentrating on earlier African eras, Christopher Ehret's trailblazing book has been paired with histories of Africa since 1800 to build a full and well-rounded understanding of the roles of Africa's peoples in human history. Examining inventions and civilizations from 22,000 BCE to 1800 CE, Ehret explores the wide range of social and cultural as well as technological and economic change in Africa, relating all these facets of African history to developments in the rest of the world. This updated edition incorporates new research, as well as an extensive new selection of color images.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081392880X
• ISBN13: 9780813928807
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 2.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.2" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary

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.