01478cam a2200301 i 4500 296119518 TxAuBib 20160810120000.0 120130s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012004094 9780813928807 pbk. 081392880X pbk. eng rda TxAuBib rda Ehret, Christopher. The civilizations of Africa [BOOK] : a history to 1800 / Christopher Ehret. Second edition. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013. xvi, 448 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Introducing Africa and its history -- Africa before the agricultural age, 19,000-9500 BCE -- Culture and technology in Africa, 9500-3500 BCE -- Diverging paths of history : Africa 3500-1000 BCE -- An age of commerce, an age of iron : Africa, 1000 BCE to 300 CE -- Southern, Central, and Eastern Africa : the middle centuries, 300-1450 -- Northeastern, West, and North Africa : the middle centuries, 300-1450 -- The early Atlantic age, 1450-1640 -- Africa in the era of the Atlantic slave trade, 1640-1800. 20160810. Civilizations. Africa Civilization. Africa History.