HIST 3410 Lecture Notes - Colonisation Of Africa, Hamites, Mediterranean Race
1 Dec 2013
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Hist 3410 pre- colonial africa october 2 2013. *****october 2nd hist 3410 workshop: two paragraphs read unesco volume ii. How does the author explain the mergence of ancient egyptian, nubian & What does the concept of complex societies mean: interaction with east asia through trade, metal work and agricultural developments thus more trades, development of paper and textiles, politics and civil servants. King different then the rest of mankind. What are/ is the most significant source/s for reconstructing the history of the early states of north east africa and why****: archeology and written work. Colonialist perspective: didn"t see egypt as part of africa; saw it as civilized. They didn"t consider africa as having a history so you could not have considered egypt as part of the continent because it would contradict their theory that africa is barbaric and uncivilized. Due to the large quantity of evidence found in egypt. Giuseppe sergi: claimed that ancient egyptians were dark caucasians-
