Africa in World History

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-9770159-9-3
Verlag: Berkshire Publishing Group LLC

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 416 g

Reihe: Berkshire Essentials

Africa in World History stresses Africa’s interrelatedness to other regions and cultures, from early trade routes, the arrival of Christianity and Islam, and the ramifications of colonialism to contemporary issues such as HIV/AIDS and apartheid that have thwarted Africa’s efforts to establish unity.

Africa stretches across more than 11 million square miles, from the Sahara and Sahel in the north to the mineral-resource-rich south, the endangered rain forests of the west, and the Serengeti savannas of the east. Fossils from Ethiopia tell us that the human species originated in Africa, and scholars have different theories about the journey out of Africa made by Homo sapiens some 60,000 years ago. Today, Africa is home to over 1 billion people speaking more than a thousand different languages.

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Jerry H. Bentley was a professor of history at the University of Hawaii, USA and editor of the Journal of World History. His research concentrated on global history, and particularly on processes of cross-cultural interaction. His book Old World Encounters: Cross-Cultural Contacts and Exchanges in Pre-Modern Times (New York, 1993) examines processes of cultural exchange and religious conversion before the modern era, and his pamphlet Shapes of World History in Twentieth-Century Scholarship (Washington, DC, 1996) discusses the historiography of world history. His interests included processes of cross-cultural interaction and cultural exchanges in modern times. Dr. Bentley passed away in 2012.