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Africa's Great Civilizations
Publisher
PBS
Publication Date
[2017]
Language
English
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From the eVideo
Introduction: Africa's Great Civilizations— Part 1: Origins (5:12); Humanity's Beginning (3:49); Migrating Out of Africa (5:22); Changing Ecosystems (3:12); Migrating to the Nile Valley (4:10); Ancient Egypt (3:03); Great Pyramid of Giza (3:08); Kingdom of Kush (4:58); Controlling the Gold Trade (4:06); Regaining Independence (3:21); Across Africa (4:49); Iron Use in Egypt (6:45); Credits: Africa's Great Civilizations—Part 1: Origins (0:44); Nubia and West Africa (16:54); Kingdom of Kush and the Gold Trade (9:08);
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Introduction: The Crescent and the Cross (2:59); Kingdom of Axum (6:45); Queen of Sheba (3:48); Christianity Reached Africa (7:41); Rome (3:31); Early Christian Kingdoms (3:15); Islam reaches Africa (3:01); Islam Looks Toward Europe (4:59); Christian Axum (7:35); Lake Tana (4:59); Festival of Timkat (3:21); Credits: Africa's Great Civilizations— Part 2: The Crescent and the Cross (0:45); The Crescent (1:00);
From the eVideo
Introduction: Empires of Gold (2:21); Abdalla ibn Yasin (5:21); The Sahara Desert (4:14); Decline of Ghana (3:15); Excavated in 1947 (3:26); War Breaks Out (2:44); City of Fez (6:38); Timbuktu (3:13); Mali Empire (3:42); Personal Possessions (2:10); Mansa Musa's Legacy (4:03); Ife Empire (4:24); Obalufon II (4:11); Empires of Gold: Conclusion (2:10); Credits: Africa's Great Civilizations— Part 3: Empires of Gold (0:44); Africa's Great Civilizations: Empires of Gold (17:34); Mansa Musa and the Empire of Mali (13:11); Timbuktu and the Kingdom of Mali (9:54); Timbuktu and Mali (6:55); Timbuktu, Mali, and Mansa Musa (13:09);
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Cities: Introduction (3:44); Traveling To Azania (4:58); Kilwa (6:40); Great Zimbabwe (5:56); Valley of the Dry Bones (4:35); Benin City (5:18); Warrior Kings (3:22); On the East Coast (3:36); Portuguese Travel to Ethiopia (3:31); Islam Fights Ethiopia (4:20); Fasilides' Reign (5:24); Credits: Africa's Great Civilizations—Part 4: Cities (0:45); Great Zimbabwe (10:38);
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The Atlantic Age: Introduction (4:04); Portuguese Expansion (4:42); Alfonso Mvemba a Nzinga (3:49); Sugar and Slaves (3:57); Impact of America (3:29); Luanda (6:52); Slave Ports (7:51); Robbing its People (4:29); Rise of Sokoto Caliphate (3:48); Conquering the City States (3:36); Nana Asmau (4:54); Credits: Africa's Great Civilizations— Part 5: The Atlantic Age (0:45); Africa's Great Civilizations: The Atlantic Age (selections) (39:26); The Atlantic Age (1:00); The Rise of Dahomey (2:56); The Kongo and the Portuguese (8:46); Sugar and Slaves (7:27); Evolution of transatlantic slave trade (24:57);
From the eVideo
Commerce and the Clash of Civilizations: Introduction (4:39); Shaka and the Zulu (6:07); Zanzibar and Trade (4:49); Tippu Tip (4:31); Diamond Revolution (3:50); African Kingdoms and Diamonds (4:33); Palm Oil (4:53); Controlling Resources and Trade (4:27); Colonizing the Congo (5:40); Fighting Back (2:05); Ethiopia (6:18); Credits: Africa's Great Civilizations—Part 6: Commerce and the Clash of Civilizations (0:45);
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