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Ancient African Kingdoms: From the Kingdom of Kush to the Mali Empire, Discover the History of Classical African Civilization (Easy History) Paperback – January 16, 2021

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A broad history of one of the greatest civilizations that ever existed… Here’s the untold story of the most prominent African kingdoms!

Since the beginning of time, Africa’s been inhabited by humans. As one of the oldest civilizations, it is suspected that mankind first originated from Africa. Nearly 5000 years later, Africa’s ancient kingdoms are equally fascinating to the modern world as they were once before.

Did you know that ancient Africans developed some of the first mathematics systems, established language, revolutionized architecture, and much more? Their ideas have spread across the world and we have been building on their knowledge for all these years.

Would you like to:

  • Learn where civilization as we know it today begun?
  • Explore the most prominent ancient African kingdoms?
  • Discover the world-shaping events that happened in Africa?
  • Take a look at and understand Africa’s rich mythology and history?

In this book, the author will take you on a journey through ancient Africa, focusing on the six major African kingdoms. From their beginnings to their fall, the influence they had on the world, and the myths that’ll live forever, these kingdoms are worth the exploration!

Here are a few of the topics that this book covers:

  • Pre-colonial kingdoms of North, East, West, Central and South Africa: An overview of more than 80 kingdoms
  • The Kingdom of Kush: Explore early Kush and Kerma, Napata, the 25th Dynasty, the City of Meroe, and the economy
  • The Land of Punt: Its location, Hatshepsut’s expedition to Puns, the legend of Punt and the modern-day, etc
  • Carthage: Foundation and expansion, affluence and invasion, the Punic wars, government, economy, agriculture, and more
  • Kingdom of Aksum: History, culture, society, religion, foreign relations and economy, architecture, coinage, etc
  • Sahelian Kingdoms: Introduction to all the Sahelian kingdoms and empires, their economy, history, and decline
  • Mali Empire: Administration, military, economy, religion, culture, its three most-powerful rulers, and ultimate decline
  • And much more!

If you’re looking to deepen your knowledge of the ancient African culture, empires, and kingdoms, look no further than this book. Through great fact-based storytelling, the author will make you relive history, unlike any other history book you’ve studied so far!

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Here are a few of the topics that this book covers:

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Ancient African Kingdoms

Ancient African Kingdoms

PRE-COLONIAL KINGDOMS OF AFRICA

An overview of more than 80 kingdoms.

THE MOST IMPORTANT AFRICAN KINGDOMS

The Kingdoms of Kush, The Land of Punt, Carthage, Kingdoms of Aksum, Mali Empire.

SAHELIAN KINGDOMS

Introduction to all the Sahelian kingdoms and empires, their economy, history, and decline.

Ancient African Kingdoms

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08T4H7LRJ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published (January 16, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 181 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8592008108
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.41 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 91 ratings

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Jim Barrow

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Jim Barrow, the author of the “Easy History” series, provides a modern, innovative, and captivating approach to studying history. His unique methodology allows readers to explore his research through a variety of formats, making learning an exciting and accessible experience for everyone.

Bookshops and libraries are full of books on history and mythology, but very often they are long and complicated texts that rarely reach out to a global market, which means that it is difficult to discover those cultures and peoples we do not read about at school, yet who play an equally important role in helping us to understand who we are today.

Jim Barrow's mission is to stimulate curiosity through the simplicity of his content, which is suitable for everyone but at the same time can delve into all aspects of history and mythology.

Talking about "who we are today", that's what the author gives a lot of importance to. He continuously reminds us that today's world is nothing but the sum of the events of the past and the choices made by our ancestors. Understanding history and knowing at least the main facts helps the community not to fall back into making the same mistakes that have hurt humanity in the past, which unfortunately is not always the case today.

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KJ
2.0 out of 5 stars Incoherent and inarticulate
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2021
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This reads like a poor high-school report; I could not finish it. The author has gathered many titles of kingdoms, but the descriptions are jumbled and often irrelevant. Some entries didn't even make sense. "Antediluvian" is not a date. There is no map to help make sense of the rambling geography. This may have value as an overview, but this is not a book for the serious reader.
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Dan Honken
1.0 out of 5 stars This book is absolutely worthless
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2023
Do not throw your money away on this book. The depth of information contained in each kingdoms write-up would not make a good middle-school book report. There are no citations and no bibliography in the book.
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1.0 out of 5 stars No good
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2023
No sources, no citations, no nothing. The whole book seems like a child wrote it
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Kelly
1.0 out of 5 stars WTF?!
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2023
The writing is so poor, and some of the terms so obviously inaccurate, that I can't even trust the minor details we receive about various African Kingdoms. Not even useful as a survey of ancient African history.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Take a trip down African history
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2022
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This is a great book to help you learn about some ancient history of African kingdoms. It was interesting to learn that mathematics, language and agriculture originated in these lands. The different kingdoms had established religions, economics, culture, administration, agriculture, foreign relations and military. Go on the journey and learn much about the risr and fall of these nations.
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Gayla
4.0 out of 5 stars interesting history
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2022
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Anyone who has an interest in ancient Africa will enjoy this book. You’ll learn about these ancient kingdoms, when they existed, the area they ruled over, their strengths and weaknesses, how long they existed and which ones are still in existence
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Amanda Lynn
5.0 out of 5 stars Learn about Ancient African Kingdom
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2022
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This book has a lot of great information on the Ancient African Kingdoms and gives their history. This book is an interesting read. You can learn so much about their history and culture. I love to read about ancient civilizations.
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Karen K. Smith
4.0 out of 5 stars Informative book
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2021
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Very informative and well written book.
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MR C J SPENCER
1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth downloading
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 8, 2021
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Very badly written - mostly seems to be a collation of bits from different sources, with lots of repetition and very poor grammar.
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