Course 4

Society, Commerce, and the First Cities

Société, commerce et les premières cités

8 lessons ~0 min Source: Christopher Ehret, Ancient Africa: A Global History, to 300 CE (2023)

Africa as the birthplace of agricultural exchange and commercial revolution: from twelve independent origins of farming to the towns of Tichit, the Congo basin trade networks, and the donkey that changed world transport. Based on Ehret Chapters 3-4.

Lessons

1
Twelve Revolutions: The Global Origins of Agriculture Douze révolutions : les origines mondiales de l'agriculture
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2
Africa's Three Agricultural Revolutions Les trois révolutions agricoles de l'Afrique
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Africa as Global Donor: The Age of Agricultural Exchange L'Afrique comme donatrice mondiale : l'âge de l'échange agricole
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The Donkey: Africa's Gift to World Transport L'âne : le don de l'Afrique au transport mondial
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The West African Commercial Revolution La révolution commerciale ouest-africaine
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The Congo Basin: Africa's Second Commercial Revolution Le bassin du Congo : la deuxième révolution commerciale de l'Afrique
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Currencies, Kingdoms, and Contrasting Pathways Monnaies, royaumes et trajectoires contrastées
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Against the Myth of the Garamantes: Who Made African Commerce? Contre le mythe des Garamantes : qui a créé le commerce africain ?