The Empire Of Ghana
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Author |
: Robert Z. Cohen |
Publisher |
: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages |
: 66 |
Release |
: 2013-12-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781477718889 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1477718885 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Synopsis Discovering the Empire of Ghana by : Robert Z. Cohen
The empire of Ghana was a wealthy trading empire in West Africa located south of the Sahara Desert. Made up of a federation of the Soninke people, its richest historical record spans from about 750 until 1076 CE, due to the writings of Arab travelers and geographers from that period. The author explains what we know about this mysterious and fascinating empire, whose main city Kumbi Saleh was a link on the Saharan trade routes. Readers learn about the traditions, beliefs, and lifestyle of the Soninke and other indigenous peoples, as well as the effects of contact with Islam.
Author |
: Rebecca L. Green |
Publisher |
: Franklin Watts |
Total Pages |
: 64 |
Release |
: 1998 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0531202763 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780531202760 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Empire of Ghana by : Rebecca L. Green
A survey of the history and culture of the West African Empire of Ghana that, flourishing from about 750 until 1076, is not related to modern Ghana.
Author |
: Patricia McKissack |
Publisher |
: Square Fish |
Total Pages |
: 160 |
Release |
: 2016-03-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781250113511 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1250113512 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay by : Patricia McKissack
For more than a thousand years, from A.D. 500 to 1700, the medieval kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay grew rich on the gold, salt, and slave trade that stretched across Africa. Scraping away hundreds of years of ignorance, prejudice, and mythology, award-winnnig authors Patricia and Fredrick McKissack reveal the glory of these forgotten empires while inviting us to share in the inspiring process of historical recovery that is taking place today.
Author |
: David C. Conrad |
Publisher |
: Infobase Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 153 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781604131642 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1604131640 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis Empires of Medieval West Africa by : David C. Conrad
Explores empires of medieval west Africa.
Author |
: Michael A. Gomez |
Publisher |
: Princeton University Press |
Total Pages |
: 521 |
Release |
: 2018-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781400888160 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1400888166 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Synopsis African Dominion by : Michael A. Gomez
A groundbreaking history that puts early and medieval West Africa in a global context Pick up almost any book on early and medieval world history and empire, and where do you find West Africa? On the periphery. This pioneering book, the first on this period of the region’s history in a generation, tells a different story. Interweaving political and social history and drawing on a rich array of sources, including Arabic manuscripts, oral histories, and recent archaeological findings, Michael Gomez unveils a new vision of how categories of ethnicity, race, gender, and caste emerged in Africa and in global history more generally. Scholars have long held that such distinctions arose during the colonial period, but Gomez shows they developed much earlier. Focusing on the Savannah and Sahel region, Gomez traces the exchange of ideas and influences with North Africa and the Central Islamic Lands by way of merchants, scholars, and pilgrims. Islam’s growth in West Africa, in tandem with intensifying commerce that included slaves, resulted in a series of political experiments unique to the region, culminating in the rise of empire. A major preoccupation was the question of who could be legally enslaved, which together with other factors led to the construction of new ideas about ethnicity, race, gender, and caste—long before colonialism and the transatlantic slave trade. Telling a radically new story about early Africa in global history, African Dominion is set to be the standard work on the subject for many years to come.
Author |
: Kwasi Kwarteng |
Publisher |
: PublicAffairs |
Total Pages |
: 590 |
Release |
: 2012-02-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781610391214 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1610391217 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ghosts of Empire by : Kwasi Kwarteng
Kwasi Kwarteng is the child of parents whose lives were shaped as subjects of the British Empire, first in their native Ghana, then as British immigrants. He brings a unique perspective and impeccable academic credentials to a narrative history of the British Empire, one that avoids sweeping judgmental condemnation and instead sees the Empire for what it was: a series of local fiefdoms administered in varying degrees of competence or brutality by a cast of characters as outsized and eccentric as anything conjured by Gilbert and Sullivan. The truth, as Kwarteng reveals, is that there was no such thing as a model for imperial administration; instead, appointees were schooled in quirky, independent-minded individuality. As a result the Empire was the product not of a grand idea but of often chaotic individual improvisation. The idiosyncrasies of viceroys and soldier-diplomats who ran the colonial enterprise continues to impact the world, from Kashmir to Sudan, Baghdad to Hong Kong.
Author |
: Nehemia Levtzion |
Publisher |
: Africana Pub. |
Total Pages |
: 310 |
Release |
: 1980 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015031606612 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ancient Ghana and Mali by : Nehemia Levtzion
Author |
: |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 63 |
Release |
: 2013 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0716623366 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780716623366 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Synopsis Africans of the Ghana, Mali, and Songhai Empires by :
"A discussion of the Ghana, Mali, and Songhai people of Africa, including who they were, where they lived, the rise of civilization, social structure, religion, art and architecture, science and technology, daily life, entertainment and sports, and fall of civilization. Features include timelines, fact boxes, glossary, list of recommended reading and web sites, and index"--Provided by publisher.
Author |
: Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa |
Publisher |
: Univ of California Press |
Total Pages |
: 422 |
Release |
: 1992-11-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0520066987 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780520066984 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. III, Abridged Edition by : Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa
"The book first places Africa in the context of world history at the opening of the seventh century, before examining the general impact of Islamic penetration, the continuing expansion of the Bantu-speaking peoples, and the growth of civilizations in the Sudanic zones of West Africa"--Back cover.
Author |
: Kenny Mann |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 108 |
Release |
: 1996 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0875186564 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780875186566 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ghana, Mali, Songhay by : Kenny Mann
A study of the legends and history of the ancient West African kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay, including background and commentary on Islam's influence in the region