The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800

Introducing Africa and its history -- Africa before the agricultural age, 16,000-9000 BCE -- Culture and technology in Africa, 9000-3500 BCE -- Diverging paths of history : Africa 3500-1000 BCE -- An age of commerce, an age of iron : Africa, 1000 BCE to 300 CE -- Southern, central, and eastern Africa : the middle centuries, 300-1450 -- Northeastern, West, and North Africa : the middle centuries, 300-1450 -- The early Atlantic age, 1450-1640 -- Africa in the era of the Atlantic slave trade, 1640-1800