Ancient Civilisations of Africa

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Sub-subject: The Ancient African Civilisations (Volume II of the General History of Africa of the UNESCO). Syllabus:

1. Director of Volume II (Ancient Africa): Professor Dr G. Mokhtar (Egypt)
2. From Neolithic to the 7th century CE
3. The Egyptian civilisation (African Civilisation)
4. Nubia, Sahara, North Africa, Ethiopia
5. 9000 years of the African History

Sample of the sub-subject: The Ancient Civilisations of Africa (General History of Africa of the UNESCO)

Source: UNESCO (General History of Africa).

Africa: The Cradle of humanity

Description of the Sub-Subject: The Ancient Civilisations of Africa

Topics discussed (Ancient Africa).

1. Origin of the Egyptians
2. Egypt of the Pharaohs: society, economy, and culture
3. Relations between Africa and Egypt
4. Egypt in the Hellenistic period and under the Roman rule
5. Nubia: The nexus between Central Africa and the Mediterranean, the Christianisation
6. Empire of Kush
7. Civilisations of Meroe and Napata
8. Pre-Axum culture
9. Civilisation of Axum
10. Proto- Berbers
11. Carthaginians
12. North Africa and the Roman Empire
13. From Roma to Islam
14. The Sahara in times of the Classical Antiquity
15. East Africa and the maritime trade
16. West Africa
17. Central Africa
18. Southern Africa
19. Madagascar
20. Black societies in the Early Iron Age

Authors of Volume II of the General History of Africa of the UNESCO (Ancient Africa): Cheikh Anta Diop, A. ABU BAKR, A.H. ZAYED, P. SALAMA, J. YOYOTTE, F. ANFRAY, R. The NADURY, A. RIAD, S. DONADONI, S. ADAM, J. VERCOUTTER, N.M. SHERIF, J. LECLANT, T. MEKOURIA, A. HAKEM, K. MICHALOWSKI, F. VAN NOTEN, J. DESANGES, J.E.G. SUTTON, H. Of CONTENSON, B. H. WARMINGTON, and. KOBISHANOV, I. A. MAHJOUBI, P. VÉRIN, M. POSNANSKY, B. WAI-ANDAH, J.E. PARKINGTON, D.W. PHILLIPSON...