ASRC 3300 - [African History: Earliest Times to 1800]

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Fall. 3 credits.

Next offered 2012-2013. May be used for history requirement.

Staff.

As the second largest continent with vast and varying geographical and sociocultural conditions combined with recently established fact as an original home of human species, Africa provides a rich and diverse oral and written early history. The course covers some of the major historical signposts from the origins of human species to 1800. Among the topics for discussion are: Physical and Economic Geography of Africa, the Cradle of Humankind, the Peopling of Africa, Historical Perspectives and Sources, the Nile River Cultural Complex, Berber, Carthage and Maghreb of North Africa, Upper Guinea and Western Sudan of West Africa, cities of the East African Coast, and Great Zimbabwe and other sites of Southern Africa.]