African Civilizations : An archaeological perspective /
Graham Connah, Australian National University.
- Third edition.
- Cambridge: Graham Connah, 2016.
- xiii, 412 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- African Civilizations .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-398) and index.
The context -- Origins: social change on the lower Nile -- The Mediterranean frontier: North Africa -- Sudanic genesis : Nubia -- Isolation : the Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands -- Opportunity and constraint in the West African savanna -- Achieving power : the West African forest and its fringes -- Indian Ocean networks : the East African coast and islands -- Cattle, ivory and gold : social complexity in Zambezia -- Central Africa : the Upemba Depression, Interlacustrine region, and Far West -- Settlement growth and emerging polities : South Africa -- What are the common denominators?.