African Civilizations: Precolonial Cities and States in Tropical Africa: An Archaeological Perspective Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

African Civilizations: Precolonial Cities and States in Tropical Africa: An Archaeological Perspective Book

This major new revised edition of African Civilizations re-examines the physical evidence for developing social complexity in tropical Africa over the last four thousand years and considers possible explanations of the developments that gave rise to it. Graham Connah focuses upon urbanism and state formation in seven main areas of Africa: Nubia, Ethiopia, the West African savanna, the West African forest, the East African coast and islands, the Zimbabwe Plateau, and parts of Central Africa. Extensively illustrated and offering an extended bibliography, this book provides essential reading on the topic.Read More

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  • Product Description

    Urban settlements and states were a feature of precolonial societies in many parts of Africa. In this study, Graham Connah uses the direct evidence provided by archaeological investigation to demonstrate the complexity of these urban societies, to understand their origins, their economic basis and social structure. Well illustrated chapters deal with African civilizations in Nubia, Ethiopia, the West African savanna, the West African forest, the East African coast, the Zimbabwe plateau and Central Africa.

  • 0521319927
  • 9780521319928
  • Graham Connah
  • 24 April 1987
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 272
  • 2nd
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