The Lost Cities of Africa
Discusses Egypt, Kush, Meroe, kingdoms of the Old Sudan, Ghana, Mali, Timbuktu, Songhay, the Sao and Kanem, Carthage, Benin, Zanj, Kalambo, Sheba, coastal trade, Axum, Ethiopia, Engaruka, Zimbabwe, Mapungubwe, Inyanga and Niekerk, medieval Rhodesia, the Azanians, the Phoenicians, Djenne, El Masudi, Gao, the Iron Age, Kenya, Kilwa, Khartoum, Malindi, Mombasa, Monomotapa, Mozambique, Ophir, Punt, the Portuguese and the slave trade, Sofala, and more.
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- Boston : Little, Brown
- Year
- 1959
- ISBN-13
- 9780316174312
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- African civilizations and kingdomsAncient trade and archaeologyColonial and pre-colonial Africa
Awards
- Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardWon(1960)
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