{"title":"Christopher Ehret","description":"\u003cp\u003eChristopher Ehret is a distinguished scholar and historian renowned for his extensive research on African history. His works delve deep into Africa's rich and diverse past, offering readers enlightening perspectives on the continent's cultural and historical landscapes. Ehret's meticulously researched books, such as \u003cem\u003eAncient Africa\u003c\/em\u003e, provide a comprehensive exploration of Africa's early civilisations and their profound influence on global history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWithin this category, readers interested in History \u0026amp; Military studies will find Ehret's works particularly engrossing. His writing not only sheds light on the historical milestones of Africa but also challenges conventional narratives, offering fresh insights into the continent's contributions to human civilisation. Whether you are an avid history enthusiast or a new explorer of African history, Christopher Ehret's books are a valuable resource you won't want to miss.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ancient-africa-by-christopher-ehret-9780691244099","title":"Ancient Africa","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book brings together archaeological and linguistic evidence to provide a sweeping global history of ancient Africa, tracing how the continent played an important role in the technological, agricultural, and economic transitions of world civilisation. Christopher Ehret takes readers from the close of the last Ice Age some ten thousand years ago, when a changing climate allowed for the transition from hunting and gathering to the cultivation of crops and raising of livestock, to the rise of kingdoms and empires in the first centuries of the common era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEhret takes up the problem of how we discuss Africa in the context of global history, combining results of multiple disciplines. He sheds light on the rich history of technological innovation by African societies—from advances in ceramics to cotton weaving and iron smelting—highlighting the important contributions of women as inventors and innovators. He shows how Africa helped to usher in an age of agricultural exchange, exporting essential crops as well as new agricultural methods into other regions, and how African traders and merchants led a commercial revolution spanning diverse regions and cultures. Ehret lays out the deeply African foundations of ancient Egyptian culture, beliefs, and institutions and discusses early Christianity in Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA monumental achievement by one of today's eminent scholars, \u003ci\u003eAncient Africa\u003c\/i\u003e offers vital new perspectives on our shared past, explaining why we need to reshape our historical frameworks for understanding the ancient world as a whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A vital reconsideration of world history.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Ehret provides a vital new perspective on Africa's significant role in the ancient world. 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