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	Economic history - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Economic history is the study of economic change, and of economic phenomena in the past.
		Economic history is undertaken using both historical methods and the application of economic theory.
		The term cliometrics (a reference to Clio, the Muse of history) is used to describe the application of econometric techniques to the study of economic history.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Economic_history (263 words)

	Economic history of Africa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first agriculture in Africa is believed to have begun in the heart of the Sahara Desert, but which in 5200 BC was far more moist and densely populated.
		North Africa was also blessed by one of the richest agricultural regions in the world in the form of the Nile River valley.
		The banana and other crops allowed for more intensive cultivation in the tropical regions of Africa, this was most notable in the Great Lakes region, and area with excellent soil, that saw many cities and states form, their populations being fed largely by bananas.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Economic_history_of_Africa (1608 words)

	History of Africa - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Africa's earliest evidence of written history was in Ancient Egypt, and the Egyptian calendar is still used as the standard for dating bronze age and iron age cultures throughout the region.
		Interaction between Asia, Europe and North Africa during this period was significant, major effects include the spread of classical culture around the shores of the Mediterranean; the continual struggle between Rome and the Berber tribes; the introduction of Christianity throughout the region, and the cultural effects of the churches in Tunisia, Egypt and Ethiopia.
		The Portuguese, whose power in Africa was already waning, were not in a position to interfere with the Dutch plans, and Britain was content to seize the island of Saint Helena as her half-way house to the East.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/History_of_Africa (6186 words)

	History of Africa
		If Africa's population continues to increase at its present rate, it will double by the year 2019.Many of the challenges faced by missionaries working in Africa can be traced to the history of the continent and the impact of European colonization.
		The modern European colonization of Africa was begun by the Portuguese, who established trading stations on the coast in the 15th and 16th centuries.
		The dominant religion of northern Africa is Islam, which replaced Christianity in the 7th century and spread west and south across the Sahara and into the equatorial zones.
	www.cmdeaf.org /stats/h-africa.asp (1038 words)

	WWW Virtual Library Economic and Business History: Web Resources: Geographical
		Economic History of Colonial Africa: Selected Bibliography assembled by George P. Landow, Professor of English and Art History, Brown University, using the University of Alberta's Victorian Database on a CD-ROM, 1970-1995.
		Economic History in Canada: A Survey A survey of economic history in Canada was done by Douglas McCalla and Shawn Day for a Canadian conference on The Future of Economic History in October 2003.
		Forum on European Expansion and Global Interaction FEEGI is an organization of scholars dedicated to the study of the history of the expansion of Europe and the worldwide response to that expansion, from its beginnings in the fourteenth century to the middle of the nineteenth century.
	www.neha.nl /w3vl/countries.html (8616 words)

	The history of Africa as a whole (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Hartford Web Publishing is not the author of the documents in World History Archives and does not presume to validate their accuracy or authenticity nor to release their copyright.
		The contemporary political history of Africa as a whole and pan-africanism
		The culture history of Africa as a whole
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/30 (130 words)

	History MA courses
		It focuses on theory of knowledge or epistemology of history as a discipline, and the reflections of scholars on the course of human history as a whole.
		Topics range from the economy of pre-colonial Africa, through critical examination of contending rationalities in agriculture, institutional rigidities and the political economy of famines, hunger, and starvation, persistence of poverty and economics of social exclusion.
		 Historiography of Conquest and Response in Africa
	www.thuto.org /ubh/ub/grad/hisma2.htm (890 words)

	HISTORY OF AFRICA
		The Arab conquest of North Africa encouraged conversion to Islam and the adoption of the Arabic language.
		Histories were kept in the memories of the griots - the state historians.
		Africa remains the richest continent in resources, "Gods treasure chest" -- yet is the poorest continent (financially).
	www.princetonol.com /groups/iad/lessons/middle/history2.htm (4008 words)

	EH.N: CfP: XIII Congress of the IEHA "Economic History of Southern Africa"
		This organisation was established in 1980 by the nine majority rule states in Southern Africa to coordinate development and reduce the dependence of those countries on South Africa.
		The aim of this organisation was to develop a balanced economic development plan for the region through improved cooperation and mutual self interest.
		It was established at a time when Africa was severely affected by the weakening competitiveness of African economies in the global environment and the growing debt position of African states.
	www.eh.net /lists/archives/eh.news/aug-2001/0004.php (450 words)

	Economic History Society of Southern Africa
		The Economic History Society of Southern Africa was formed in July 1980 "to promote the study of and interest in economic and social history".
		Anyone interested in the study and teaching of Economic History is eligible to join the society.
		Contributions should be submitted to: The Editor, SA Journal of Economic History, Economics Department, PO Box 392, UNISA, South Africa, 0003.
	home.intekom.com /joni/EHSOC.HTM (605 words)

	Internet African History Sourcebook
		Africa is both the most clearly defined of continents - in its geography - and the hardest to pin down in historical terms.
		Map of North Africa in which figures the Atlas Mountains, the king of Mali (Mansa Musa), the king of Organa, the king of Nubia, the king of Bablyon, and the Red Sea.
		An Orthodox mission society based in South Africa, whose aim is to encourage Orthodox Christians to participate in the global mission of the Church.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/africa/africasbook.html (4137 words)

	Open Directory - Society: History: By Region: Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Africa: The Cradle of Civilization - An interactive educational site that explores Africa's history from the dawn of mankind to modern day.
		History and Cultural Profiles - An introduction to African history and culture by Kenyan scholar Malaika Mutere.
		WebChron - Africa South of the Sahara - Chronology of African history.
	dmoz.org /Society/History/By_Region/Africa (515 words)

	An Economic History of South Africa - Cambridge University Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This book is the first economic history of South Africa in over sixty years.
		He charts the early phase of slow growth, and then the transformation of the economy as a result of the discovery of diamonds and gold in the 1870s, followed by the rapid rise of industry in the wartime years.
		Special attention is given to the processes by which the fl population were deprived of their land, and to the methods by which they were induced to supply labour for white farms, mines and factories.
	www.cambridge.org /catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521616417 (308 words)

	Inggs, J. Economic History of South Africa
		The University of South Africa (Unisa) is the largest university in South Africa and with
		Economic History at Unisa is taught in the Economics Department.
		H.M. Robertson, "Economic history", entry in the Standard encyclopaedia of southern Africa, 9 pp (A reference work, so it is not loaned out from the Unisa library.
	www.eh.net /coursesyllabi/syllabi/InggsJ-sa.shtml (857 words)

	Exploring Africa -> Students-> African History-> Colonial Exploration and Conquest in Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This period is sometimes referred to as the "Scramble for Africa." As a result, Chancellor Otto von Bismarck of Germany initiated a conference in 1884 for European nations to regulate the rush for territory.
		You will remember from Module 7A that people in Africa had diverse types of government ranging from highly centralized states to "stateless societies." As a result, indirect rule increased divisions between ethnic groups and gave power to certain "big men" who had never had it before in precolonial history.
		Security and prosperity for the settlers depended on economic exploitation and political oppression of the African population that vastly outnumbered the settlers.
	exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu /curriculum/lm7/B/stu_7Bactivitytwo.html (2383 words)

	African Timelines Part II: African Empires
		In western Africa a number of fl kingdoms emerge whose economic base lay in their control of trans-Saharan trade routes.
		Muslim conquests of North Africa and penetration in the south made slavery a more widely diffused phenomenon, and the slave trade in Africans—especially women and children--developed on a new scale.
		In the forest states of West Africa, such as Benin and Kongo, slavery was an important institution before the European arrival, African rulers seeking to enslave other African groups, rather than their own people, to enhance their wealth, prestige, and control of labor.
	web.cocc.edu /cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimeline2.htm (3258 words)

	University of Botswana: Courses in History (old system)
		History or Archaeology are offered as a Major Subject, or as a Minor Subject, as defined in Faculty Special Regulations 22:36 and 22:37.
		Students enrol initially for the M.Phil., and are later transferred to the Ph.D. programme, assuming their research is progressing as it should.
		In the History Department, students will be admitted following assessment by the Department, and must present at least three seminar papers during the course of their study.
	ubh.tripod.com /ub/crs-old.htm (485 words)

	African Timelines Part I
		Discoveries suggest Africa was the primary gene-center for cultivated plants like cotton, sorghum, watermelon, kola-nuts and coffee, and first site of the domestication of certain plants for food.
		Oral arts and traditions of Africa are rich and varied, developing with the beginnings of African cultures, and continuing to flourish today.
		Africa’s hundreds of different ethnic groups are often defined by the language they speak, according to contemporary (especially Western) scholarly practice.
	web.cocc.edu /cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimeline.htm (2841 words)

	The economic history of Africa as a whole (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The history of structural adjustment in Africa as a whole
		The history of agriculture in Africa as a whole
		The history of the environment of Africa as a whole
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/30/index-n.html (111 words)

	Business History: Studies in the Economic History of Southern Africa, vol 1, The Front-Line States. (book reviews)@ ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Business History: Studies in the Economic History of Southern Africa, vol 1, The Front-Line States.
		Studies in the Economic History of Southern Africa, vol 1, The Front-Line States.
		The ambition of this collection of essay is to synthesise the mass of research which has appeared on the economic history of Southern Africa over the past decades, but its achievements fall short of such an objective.
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:12381653&... (216 words)

	African History - Economic History
		The Society holds conferences at South African universities and publishes The South African Journal of Economic History.
		Political and economic history of Liberia, including cultural affairs, from 1822 to date.
		Maintained by Dr. Fred Van Der Kraaij whose dissertation was on the role of foreign investments in the development of Liberia 1900-1977, published as "The open door policy of Liberia : an economic history of modern Liberia." (1983).
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/history/hiseconhis.html (293 words)

	EH518 - Seminar on Comparative Economic History
		These seminars reflects the interests both of the LSE Economic History Department and the U.K.-based History and Economic Development Group.
		Currently the seminar is only loosely 'comparative'; However the philosophy of the seminar remains that research on one part of what we used to call 'The Third World' should be of interest to those who work on other parts of it.
		History and Economic Development Group (HEDG) day workshop at SOAS (for details contact Kent Deng k.g.deng@lse.ac.uk or William Clarence-Smith wc2@soas.ac.uk
	www.lse.ac.uk /collections/economicHistory/seminars/EH518.htm (301 words)

	Africa ' s growth tragedy : a retrospective, 1960-89
		Africa ' s economic history since 1960 fits the classical definition of tragedy: potential unfulfilled with disastrous consequences.
		The authors use one mehthodology - cross-country regressions - to account for sub-Saharan Africa ' s growth performance over the past 30 years and to suggest policies to promote growth over the next 30 years.
		Department of Economics, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Connecticut using
	ideas.repec.org /p/wbk/wbrwps/1503.html (385 words)

	Background History
		Northeast Africa is the cradle of African civilization.Note
		The evidence so far implies that the first humans in the world (homo sapiens) emerged in Africa about 200,000 years ago and migrated to the various continents much later-perhaps as recent as 45,000 years ago in the case of migration to Europe.
		P.J Darling: Archeology and History in Southern Nigeria: The Ancient Linear Earthworks of Benin and Ishan,1990
	www.africahistory.net /afrihist.htm (1433 words)

	Specialist on economic history of Africa here this week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sara S. Berry, one of the world’s foremost historians of African economic history, will be on campus Oct. 19–22 as the Alumni Association’s Alumna-in-Residence.
		Berry, professor of history at Johns Hopkins University, received her master’s and Ph.D. degrees in economics in 1965 and 1967 from the U-M. Berry is the author of No Condition Is Permanent: Studying African Rural Economies in Motion, and Fathers Work for Their Sons: Accumulation, Mobility and Class Formation in an Extended Yoruba Community.
		20—A graduate economic history seminar, “No Condition is Permanent: Studying Rural African Economies in Motion.” 3:30–5:30 p.m.
	www.umich.edu /~urecord/9495/Oct17_94/18.htm (299 words)

	eBay - south africa - ..., Coins World, Africa items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		South Africa - 2 Mint 1936 JIPEX sheets
		SOUTH AFRICA 1942-3 BLK of 4 Sc# 94 Perfs + ROULETTED
		England V South Africa programme 7 Jan 1961
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	EH518 Seminar on Comparative Economic History of Africa, Asia and Latin America
		You are here - Welcome to LSE > Economic History > Events > EH518 Seminar on Comparative Economic History of Africa, Asia and Latin America
		The Seminar on the Comparative Economic History of Africa, Asia and Latin America is held on alternate Tuesdays from 5.15pm to 7pm at LSE, St Clement's Building, Room S421.
		This seminar reflects the interests both of the LSE Economic History Department and the U.K.-based History and Economic Development Group.
	www.lse.ac.uk /collections/economicHistory/events/EH518.htm (277 words)

	African Studies: African History & Cultures
		The NHP affiliated with the UNESCO Slave Route Project focuses on the development of the African diaspora stemming from the "Nigerian" hinterland during the era of the slave trade from approximately 1650 to 1900.
		A K-12 education website on the history and culture of Mali, with lesson plans, two maps, gallery of photos, and links.
		"Sudanic Africa is an international academic journal devoted to the presentation and discussion of historical sources on the Sudanic belt, the area between the Sahara and the Bay of Niger, the Atlantic and the Indian Oceans.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/cult.html (6951 words)

	University of Michigan Library Name Resolver Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Title: An economic history of the Middle East and North Africa
		Title: An economic history of the Middle East and North Africa : Charles Issawi.
		Keyword: Subject term: Africa, North -- Economic conditions.
	name.umdl.umich.edu /heb00901.0001.001 (80 words)

	An Economic History of South Africa - Cambridge University Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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		An Economic History of South Africa at Cambridge University Press website
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	www.cambridge.org /catalogue/email.asp?isbn=0521616417 (115 words)

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