Author:
Ehret, Christopher, author.
ImprintPrinceton : Princeton University Press, [2023]
Descriptionxii, 210 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Note:Introducing the issues and themes -- African firsts in the history of technology -- Ancient Africa and the export of agricultural innovation -- Towns and long-distance commerce in ancient Africa -- The Africanity of ancient Egypt -- Africa and Africans in early global history -- Appendix: considerations for historians reading genetic studies.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-201) and index.
Note:"A deep history of Africa, from 70,000 BCE to 300 CE, that synthesizes the archeological and historical linguistic evidence to tell an integrated global history of the continent."-- Provided by publisher.