General History of Africa, Volume 3: Africa from the Seventh to the Eleventh Century

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Note on chronology......Page 8
List of figures......Page 10
List of plates......Page 12
Acknowledgements for plates......Page 16
Preface......Page 18
Description of the Project......Page 24
1. Africa in the context of world history......Page 27
2. The coming of Islam and the expansion of the Muslim empire......Page 57
3. Stages in the development of Islam and its dissemination in Africa......Page 82
4. Islam as a social system in Africa since the seventh century......Page 118
5. The peoples of the Sudan: population movements......Page 145
6. The Bantu-speaking peoples and their expansion......Page 166
7. Egypt from the Arab conquest until the end of the Fatimid state (1171)......Page 189
8. Christian Nubia at the height of its civilization......Page 220
9. The conquest of North Africa and Berber resistance......Page 250
10. The independence of the Maghrib......Page 272
11. The role of the Sahara and Saharians in relationships between north and south......Page 302
12. The emergence of the Fatimids......Page 340
13. The Almoravids......Page 362
14. Trade and trade routes in West Africa......Page 393
15. The Chad region as a crossroads......Page 462
16. The Guinea zone: general situation......Page 487
17. The Guinean belt: the peoples between Mount Cameroon and the Ivory Coast......Page 514
18. The peoples of Upper Guinea (between the Ivory Coast and the Casamance)......Page 556
19. The Horn of Africa......Page 584
20. Ethiopia\'s relations with the Muslim world......Page 601
21. The East African coast and the Comoro Islands......Page 612
22. The East African interior......Page 642
23. Central Africa to the north of the Zambezi......Page 669
24. Southern Africa to the south of the Zambezi......Page 690
25. Madagascar......Page 707
26. The African diaspora in Asia......Page 730
27. Relations between the different regions of Africa......Page 760
28. Africa from the seventh to the eleventh century: five formative centuries......Page 776
Members of the International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa......Page 820
Biographies of authors......Page 822
Bibliography......Page 825
Index......Page 874