Pre-1500 Research Guide: African History
*Illustration: Chancay Weaving, Pre-Columbian/Peru 1200-1400 A.D.
Empires of the Western Sudan: Mali Empire
This Metropolitan Museum webpage can provide you with some images and background on the Ghana Empire, the Mali Empire, and the Songhai Empire.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/wsem/hd_wsem.htm
Mali Empires and Djenne Figures
Good background information with map and pictures of works of art.
http://www.nmafa.si.edu/exhibits/resources/mali/index.htm
The Road to Timbuktu
Website about Mali Empire, its history, and monuments.
http://www.pbs.org/wonders/fr_e5.htm
Africa and Africans in antiquity.
East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2001.
Call number: DT 24 .A38
Africa from the twelfth to the sixteenth century.
Oxford : J. Currey ; Berkeley : University of California Press, 1997.
Call number: DT20 .G452
Koslow, Philip
Centuries of greatness, 750-1900 : the West African kingdoms.
New York, N.Y. : Chelsea House, 1995.
Call number: DT 476 .K67
Encyclopedia of African nations and civilizations.
New York : Facts on File, 2002.
Call number: DT14 .E43
Falola, Toyin
Key events in African history : a reference guide.
Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2002.
Call number: DT20 .F34
Medieval West Africa : views from Arab scholars and merchants.
Princeton, N.J. : Markus Wiener Publishers, c2003.
Call number: DT476 .M43
Peoples of West Africa.
New York : Facts on File, c1997.
Call number: Reference Section GN 652.5 .P48
Miner, Horace Mitchell
The primitive city of Timbuctoo.
Garden City : Anchor, 1965.
Call number: DT 553 .T6 M53
EBSCO -- Academic Search Complete
This is a Full-text general information database. Perfect for starting your research when you're not sure where to start. Don't forget to use the word AND to connect your words when searching.
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EBSCO -- History Reference Center (Database)
The History Reference Center is a full-text database access to history reference books and encyclopedias, as well as magazines. Also, includes historical documents, biographies, photos, maps, and videos.
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