Author: John J. Shea
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108424430
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
A detailed overview of the Eastern African stone tools that make up the world's longest archaeological record.
Prehistoric Stone Tools of Eastern Africa
Author: John J. Shea
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108424430
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
A detailed overview of the Eastern African stone tools that make up the world's longest archaeological record.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108424430
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
A detailed overview of the Eastern African stone tools that make up the world's longest archaeological record.
East African Archaeology
Author: Chapurukha M. Kusimba
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1934536261
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
The goal of this volume is to impart an appreciation of the many facets of East Africa's cultural and archaeological diversity over the last 2,000 years. It brings together chapters on East African archaeology, many by Africa-born archaeologists who review what is known, present new research, and pinpoint issues of debate and anomaly in the relatively poorly known prehistory of East Africa.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1934536261
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
The goal of this volume is to impart an appreciation of the many facets of East Africa's cultural and archaeological diversity over the last 2,000 years. It brings together chapters on East African archaeology, many by Africa-born archaeologists who review what is known, present new research, and pinpoint issues of debate and anomaly in the relatively poorly known prehistory of East Africa.
East Africa
Author: Robert M. Maxon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
"[The author] revisits the diverse eastern region of Africa, including the modern nations of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda."--
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
"[The author] revisits the diverse eastern region of Africa, including the modern nations of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda."--
With a Prehistoric People
Author: W. S. Routledge
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780714617169
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
An account of the method of life and mode of thought amongst a nation on its first contact with European civilization.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780714617169
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
An account of the method of life and mode of thought amongst a nation on its first contact with European civilization.
A History of the East African Coast
Author: Charles Cornelius
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781461166160
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The history of the Swahili coast is laced with political intrigue, scandal, international commerce, war, invasion and terrorism. Stretching from Somalia in the north, through Kenya and Tanzania, to Mozambique in the south and to the great offshore islands of the coast, it is home to the Swahili people, a unique blend of Arab, African and Persian, whose story stretches back more than two thousand years and which forms the backdrop to one of Africa's oldest and greatest civilizations. Drawing on archaeology, the civic chronicles of the Swahili towns and accounts of the coast written by explorers, traders and colonialists from as far afield as Italy, China and Britain, this illustrated book tells the story of the Swahili coast. Moving from the slave markets and clove plantations of Zanzibar, to the stone towns of the Lamu Archipelago, to the fight for control of Mombasa and its great bastion, Fort Jesus, it tells the stories of Zanzibar sultans, Swahili traders, Portuguese conquerors and Christian missionaries.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781461166160
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The history of the Swahili coast is laced with political intrigue, scandal, international commerce, war, invasion and terrorism. Stretching from Somalia in the north, through Kenya and Tanzania, to Mozambique in the south and to the great offshore islands of the coast, it is home to the Swahili people, a unique blend of Arab, African and Persian, whose story stretches back more than two thousand years and which forms the backdrop to one of Africa's oldest and greatest civilizations. Drawing on archaeology, the civic chronicles of the Swahili towns and accounts of the coast written by explorers, traders and colonialists from as far afield as Italy, China and Britain, this illustrated book tells the story of the Swahili coast. Moving from the slave markets and clove plantations of Zanzibar, to the stone towns of the Lamu Archipelago, to the fight for control of Mombasa and its great bastion, Fort Jesus, it tells the stories of Zanzibar sultans, Swahili traders, Portuguese conquerors and Christian missionaries.
Stone Tools in Human Evolution
Author: John J. Shea
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107123097
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
An exploration of how the evolution of behavioral differences between humans and other primates affected the archaeological stone tool evidence.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107123097
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
An exploration of how the evolution of behavioral differences between humans and other primates affected the archaeological stone tool evidence.
Stone Tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Near East
Author: John J. Shea
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107006988
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
This book surveys the archaeological record for stone tools from the earliest times to 6,500 years ago in the Near East.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107006988
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
This book surveys the archaeological record for stone tools from the earliest times to 6,500 years ago in the Near East.
UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. I, Abridged Edition
Author: Jacqueline Ki-Zerbo
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520066960
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
"This volume covers the period from the end of the Neolithic era to the beginning of the seventh century of our era. This lengthy period includes the civilization of Ancient Egypt, the history of Nubia, Ethiopia, North Africa and the Sahara, as well as of the other regions of the continent and its islands."--Publisher's description
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520066960
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
"This volume covers the period from the end of the Neolithic era to the beginning of the seventh century of our era. This lengthy period includes the civilization of Ancient Egypt, the history of Nubia, Ethiopia, North Africa and the Sahara, as well as of the other regions of the continent and its islands."--Publisher's description
The Prehistoric Cultures of the Horn of Africa
Author: J. D. Clark
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107635365
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 493
Book Description
This 1954 text analyses the relationship between physical geography and stone age culture within the Horn of Africa.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107635365
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 493
Book Description
This 1954 text analyses the relationship between physical geography and stone age culture within the Horn of Africa.
The Sea in History
Author: Christian Buchet
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Naval history, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 1042
Book Description
How important has the sea been in the development of human history? Very important indeed is the conclusion of this ground-breaking four volume work. The books bring together the world's leading maritime historians, who address the question of what difference the sea has made in relation to around 250 situations ranging from the earliest times to the present. They consider, across the entire world, subjects related to human migration, trade, economic development, warfare, the building of political units including states and empires, the dissemination of ideas, culture and religion, and much more, showing how the sea was crucial to all these aspects of human development. The Sea in History - The Early Modern World covers the period from around the end of the fifteenth century up to the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. It examines the establishment and growth of 'the Atlantic World', but also considers maritime developments in the Indian Ocean, Southeast and East Asia and Africa, and highlights the continuing importance of the North Sea and the Baltic. A very wide range of maritime subjects is explored including trade, which went through a huge global expansion in this period; fishing; shipping, shipbuilding, navigation and ports; the role of the sea in the dissemination of religious ideas; the nature of life for sailors in different places and periods; and the impact of trade in particularly important commodities, including wine, slaves, sugar and tobacco. One particularly interesting chapter is on the Hanse, the important maritime commercial 'empire' based in north Germany, which extended much more widely than is often realised and whose significance and huge impact have often been overlooked. 33 of the contributions are in English; 42 are in French. CHRISTIAN BUCHET is Professor of Maritime History, Catholic University of Paris, Scientific Director of Océanides and a member of l'Académie de marine. GÉRARD LE BOUDEC is Emeritus Professor of the University of South Brittany.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Naval history, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 1042
Book Description
How important has the sea been in the development of human history? Very important indeed is the conclusion of this ground-breaking four volume work. The books bring together the world's leading maritime historians, who address the question of what difference the sea has made in relation to around 250 situations ranging from the earliest times to the present. They consider, across the entire world, subjects related to human migration, trade, economic development, warfare, the building of political units including states and empires, the dissemination of ideas, culture and religion, and much more, showing how the sea was crucial to all these aspects of human development. The Sea in History - The Early Modern World covers the period from around the end of the fifteenth century up to the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. It examines the establishment and growth of 'the Atlantic World', but also considers maritime developments in the Indian Ocean, Southeast and East Asia and Africa, and highlights the continuing importance of the North Sea and the Baltic. A very wide range of maritime subjects is explored including trade, which went through a huge global expansion in this period; fishing; shipping, shipbuilding, navigation and ports; the role of the sea in the dissemination of religious ideas; the nature of life for sailors in different places and periods; and the impact of trade in particularly important commodities, including wine, slaves, sugar and tobacco. One particularly interesting chapter is on the Hanse, the important maritime commercial 'empire' based in north Germany, which extended much more widely than is often realised and whose significance and huge impact have often been overlooked. 33 of the contributions are in English; 42 are in French. CHRISTIAN BUCHET is Professor of Maritime History, Catholic University of Paris, Scientific Director of Océanides and a member of l'Académie de marine. GÉRARD LE BOUDEC is Emeritus Professor of the University of South Brittany.