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- catalog abstract ""In An African Classical Age, Christopher Ehret brings to light 1,400 years of social and economic transformation across Africa from Uganda and Kenya in the north to Natal and the Cape in the south. The book offers a much-needed portrait of this region during a crucial period in which basic features of precolonial African societies and cultures emerged." "The culmination of twenty-five years of research, this historical survey fundamentally challenges how we view the place not only of eastern and southern Africa, but of Africa as a whole in the early eras of world history."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10746562.
- catalog coverage "Africa, Eastern History.".
- catalog coverage "Africa, Southern History To 1899.".
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description ""In An African Classical Age, Christopher Ehret brings to light 1,400 years of social and economic transformation across Africa from Uganda and Kenya in the north to Natal and the Cape in the south. The book offers a much-needed portrait of this region during a crucial period in which basic features of precolonial African societies and cultures emerged." "The culmination of twenty-five years of research, this historical survey fundamentally challenges how we view the place not only of eastern and southern Africa, but of Africa as a whole in the early eras of world history."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Setting the Historical Stage -- 2. The Formative Eras of Classical Mashariki Society -- 3. Mapping the Mosaic of Cultural Interaction -- 4. Regional Trends and Developments -- 5. Aspects of Social History -- 6. East Africa in the Later Classical Age, to A.D. 400 -- 7. Southeastern Africa in the Later Classical Age, to A.D. 400 -- 8. Social and Economic Transformation in the Later Classical Age, 300 B.C. to A.D. 400 -- 9. An Appreciation -- App. A. Adjunct Tables of Evidence -- App. B. Supplementary Tables of Evidence.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-342) and index.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 354 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0813918146 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0813920574 (paper)".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia ; Oxford : J. Currey,".
- catalog spatial "Africa, Eastern History.".
- catalog spatial "Africa, Southern History To 1899.".
- catalog subject "967.6 21".
- catalog subject "African languages History.".
- catalog subject "DT365.65 .E37 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Setting the Historical Stage -- 2. The Formative Eras of Classical Mashariki Society -- 3. Mapping the Mosaic of Cultural Interaction -- 4. Regional Trends and Developments -- 5. Aspects of Social History -- 6. East Africa in the Later Classical Age, to A.D. 400 -- 7. Southeastern Africa in the Later Classical Age, to A.D. 400 -- 8. Social and Economic Transformation in the Later Classical Age, 300 B.C. to A.D. 400 -- 9. An Appreciation -- App. A. Adjunct Tables of Evidence -- App. B. Supplementary Tables of Evidence.".
- catalog title "An African classical age : eastern and southern Africa in world history, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400 / Christopher Ehret.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".