ID - 5282124 TI - Medieval Africa, 1250-1800 AU - Oliver, Roland Anthony AU - Atmore, Anthony AU - Oliver, Roland Anthony. PY - 2001 SN - 0521790247 0521793726 0511016212 0511557159 1280159243 0511118899 0511046561 9786610159246 0511811039 1107121175 9780511016219 9780511046568 9780511118890 9780521793728 9780521790246 9780511811036 9781280159244 9780511202094 0511202091 6610159246 9781107121171 9780511557156 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Africa KW - Afrique KW - History KW - Histoire KW - Africa--History--To 1884. KW - Regions & Countries - Africa KW - History & Archaeology KW - History of Africa KW - anno 1200-1799 KW - Arts and Humanities UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5282124 AB - This is a radically revised version of The African Middle Ages 1400-1800, and the companion volume to the authors' well-known Africa since 1800. It follows the overall plan of the original, but now begins 150 years earlier, and considers recent literature in African historical studies. The earlier starting date enables a more distinctly African viewpoint. By about 1250 AD African societies were greatly expanding their political and economic scope. Islam was spreading south across the Sahara from Mediterranean Africa, and down the Indian Ocean coast. Medieval Africa continues into the period of European contacts from the 15th century onwards, with some emphasis on the growth of the trans-Saharan, Atlantic and Indian Ocean slave trade. The book stresses both the strengths and weaknesses of African societies as the eighteenth century drew to a close. This volume will be an essential introduction to African history for students, as well as for the general reader. It is illustrated with a wealth of maps. ER -