Survey of Early African Civilizations
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Overview
Subject area
AFST
Catalog Number
101
Course Title
Survey of Early African Civilizations
Department(s)
Description
This interdisciplinary course explores key developments in African history from human origin to 1850. The course covers Ancient Egypt, Kush, Nubia, the West African Islamic kingdoms, and empires, East-Central and Southern Africa before 1870 (Swahili City States, Great Zimbabwe, and the Kongo Kingdom, …), the eastern slave trade and the transatlantic slave trade, the scramble for Africa and its partition at the 1884-1885 conference of Berlin.
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring
Academic Career
Undergraduate
Liberal Arts
Yes
Requirement Designation
FWG - Flexible Core - World Cultures & Global Issues
Credits
Minimum Units
3
Maximum Units
3
Academic Progress Units
3
Repeat For Credit
No
Components
Name
Lecture
Hours
3