The lost cities of Africa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davidson, Basil, 1914-2010.

Series:

Atlantic Monthly Press book

An Atlantic monthly press book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa, Sub-Saharan--Civilization.

Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Sub-Saharan Africa.

Civilization.

Africa--Antiquities.

Africa--Civilization--History.

Local Subjects:

Africa--Antiquities.

Africa--Civilization--History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

366 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Edition:

[First edition].

Place of Publication:

Boston : Little, Brown, [1959]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction : the rediscovery of Africa

1. The peopling of ancient Africa

2. The mystery of Meroe

3. Kingdoms of the Old Sudan

4. Between the Niger and the Congo

5. To the southward

6. Traders of the Indian Ocean

7. Fair cities of stone

8. After Axum

9. The builders of the south

10. The reality behind the ruins

11. Decline and fall

12. History begins anew

Notes:

London ed. (Gollancz) has title: Old Africa rediscovered.

Includes bibliographical references.

Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, 1960.

Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards - Nonfiction, Winner, 1960

Other Format:

Online version: Davidson, Basil, 1914- Lost cities of Africa.

OCLC:

412945