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What wove the African continent into the rich fabric of cultures and peoples that it is today?
Where did ancient culture, trade, and civilization begin?
How did the African people survive and thrive despite European colonization and apartheid?
These are just some of the questions you’ll find answers to in African History: From Ancient Egypt to Modern South Africa-Stories, People, and Events that Shaped the History of Africa.
Africa is a vast continent whose waters, fertile lands, minerals, and diverse wildlife nurtured humankind since ancient times until European colonization and exploitation caused immeasurable suffering and loss. To understand how Africa developed, thrived, suffered, and emerged into the rich tapestry of peoples that it is today, take a trip back to the ancient River Nile and the East African coast.
Witness:
The development of small settlements into three distinct culturesThe Carthaginian Empire grow and flourish as an economic and commercial powerThe settlement of the Zimbabwe plateau and the construction of enormous stone citiesThe emergence of the Kingdom of Kongo, and its expansion through peaceful trade and alliancesThe upheaval, atrocities, wars and eventual stability created by European ColonizationThe founding of the Congo Free State and the growth of forced labor to extract valuable resources from the landThe decolonization of Africa and the return of territorial sovereignty and independenceThe forced racial segregation under apartheid and the birth of a new constitution that ended itThe founding of the African Union to establish norms across the continent
Start your study of the struggles and triumphs of the African people today with African History: From Ancient Egypt to Modern South Africa-Stories, People, and Events that Shaped the History of Africa.
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Publisher : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 3rd edition (March 19, 2017)
Language : English
Paperback : 90 pages
ISBN-10 : 1544814208
ISBN-13 : 978-1544814209
Item Weight : 4.8 ounces
Dimensions : 6 x 0.21 x 9 inches
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