HIST 331 - Africa to 1870

3 Credit(s)

Explores African history from the emergence of the earliest human societies through the mid-nineteenth century, with particular focus on the period after 1400. Considers the developments of lineage societies and centralized states, the trans-Saharan trade, the Atlantic slave trade, the spread and influence of religions such as Islam and Christianity, and Africa’s encounters with other parts of the world. A minimum of Sophomore standing required.