Ancient Middle Niger
Subtitle: Urbanism and the Self-organizing Landscape (Case Studies in Early Societies)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 7, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780521012430
Subjects: African archaeology; Urbanization; History; Cities and towns, Ancient; History - General History; Niger River Valley; History: World; Niger; Africa - West; Ancient - General; Civilization; Social Science / Archaeology; Africa - General; Excavations (Archaeology); To1500
First sentence: It can be said, without much fear of contradiction, that the ancient Middle Niger is the most recent of the world's major urban civilizations to be discovered.