General History of Africa: Africa from the Seventh to the Eleventh CenturyOne of UNESCO's most important publishing projects in the last thirty years, the General History of Africa marks a major breakthrough in the recognition of Africa's cultural heritage. Offering an internal perspective of Africa, the eight-volume work provides a comprehensive approach to the history of ideas, civilizations, societies and institutions of African history. The volumes also discuss historical relationships among Africans as well as multilateral interactions with other cultures and continents. |
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Abbasid Abū Aghlabids al-Bakrī al-Idrīsī Almoravid Arab archaeological Awdaghust Bantu languages Berbers Byzantine Caliph central centre Chad Chapter Christian coast coastal conquest cultural Cushites Devisse dynasty Early Iron Age East African eastern economic Egypt eleventh century empire Ethiopia evidence excavations Fățimid Fatimids fifth/eleventh century Ghana gold groups History of Africa Ibāḍite ibid Ibn Khaldun Ifrīķiya Igbo-Ukwu imām important Indian Ocean inhabitants Iron Age Islam J. F. P. Hopkins eds J. M. Cuoq Kanem Kayrawan king kingdom later Leopard's Kopje Levtzion and J. F. P. Lewicki linguistic Madagascar Maghrib merchants mosque Muḥammad Muslim Niger nomadic North Africa northern Nubia period political population pottery probably Qoran R. J. McIntosh region religious route rulers Sahara Senegal settlements seventh Sidjilmāsa slaves social societies sources southern Sudan tenth century tion towns trade tradition trans-Saharan Umayyad Wargla West Africa western Zaghawa Zanāta Zandj