'… a work of elegant scholarship and an invaluable research tool.' The American Historical Review

• Introduction J. D. Face; 1. The legacy of prehistory J. Desmond Clark; 2. North Africa in the period of Phoenician and greek colonization R. C. C. Law; 3. North Africa in the Hellenistic and Roman periods R. C. C. Law; 4. The Nilotic Sudan and Ethiopia P. L. Shinnie; 5. Trans-Saharan contacts and the Iron Age in West Africa Raymond Mauny; 6. The emergence of Bantu Africa Roland Oliver and Brian M. Fagan; 7. The Christian period in Mediterranean Africa W. H. C. Frend; 8. The Arab conquest and the rise of Islam to North Africa Michael Brett; 9. Christian Nubia P. L. Shinnie; 10. The Fatimid revolution and its aftermath in North Africa Michael Brett; 11. The Sahara and the Sudan from the Arab conquest of the Maghrib to the rise of the Almoravids Nehemia Levtzion; Bibliographical essays; Bibliography; Index.

'… a work of elegant scholarship and an invaluable research tool.' The American Historical Review

• Introduction J. D. Face; 1. The legacy of prehistory J. Desmond Clark; 2. North Africa in the period of Phoenician and greek colonization R. C. C. Law; 3. North Africa in the Hellenistic and Roman periods R. C. C. Law; 4. The Nilotic Sudan and Ethiopia P. L. Shinnie; 5. Trans-Saharan contacts and the Iron Age in West Africa Raymond Mauny; 6. The emergence of Bantu Africa Roland Oliver and Brian M. Fagan; 7. The Christian period in Mediterranean Africa W. H. C. Frend; 8. The Arab conquest and the rise of Islam to North Africa Michael Brett; 9. Christian Nubia P. L. Shinnie; 10. The Fatimid revolution and its aftermath in North Africa Michael Brett; 11. The Sahara and the Sudan from the Arab conquest of the Maghrib to the rise of the Almoravids Nehemia Levtzion; Bibliographical essays; Bibliography; Index.

'… a work of elegant scholarship and an invaluable research tool.' The American Historical Review

• Introduction J. D. Face; 1. The legacy of prehistory J. Desmond Clark; 2. North Africa in the period of Phoenician and greek colonization R. C. C. Law; 3. North Africa in the Hellenistic and Roman periods R. C. C. Law; 4. The Nilotic Sudan and Ethiopia P. L. Shinnie; 5. Trans-Saharan contacts and the Iron Age in West Africa Raymond Mauny; 6. The emergence of Bantu Africa Roland Oliver and Brian M. Fagan; 7. The Christian period in Mediterranean Africa W. H. C. Frend; 8. The Arab conquest and the rise of Islam to North Africa Michael Brett; 9. Christian Nubia P. L. Shinnie; 10. The Fatimid revolution and its aftermath in North Africa Michael Brett; 11. The Sahara and the Sudan from the Arab conquest of the Maghrib to the rise of the Almoravids Nehemia Levtzion; Bibliographical essays; Bibliography; Index.