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Africa's great civilizations. Episode 3, Empires of gold / a film by McGree Media, Inkwell Films & Kunhardt Film in association with Nutopia ; series producer, Graeme Hart ; produced and directed by Martin Bates ; with Henry Louis Gates Jr.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islam.
- Civilization.
- Africa--History.
- Africa.
- Africa--Civilization.
- Genre:
- Documentary television programs.
- Nonfiction television programs.
- Educational television programs.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Internet videos.
- Streaming video.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (53 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Empires of gold
- Place of Publication:
- Arlington, VA : Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), 2017.
- Language Note:
- In English; closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- In his six-hour series, Africa's Great Civilizations, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a new look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century.The third hour in the series marks an era of great commercial and manufacturing growth throughout several regions on the continent. It begins with the revolutionary transformation of North and West Africa. On the shores of the Sahara Desert, farmers, traders, warriors and nomads turned this region into the crossroads of some of history's most advanced, and wealthiest, civilizations. Intricate networks of long distance trade would link up productive commercial centers established by rulers of empires and kingdoms.
- Participant:
- Host, Henry Louis Gates Jr.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 05, 2018).
- OCLC:
- 1030713240
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