African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa

Description

In a radically new account of the importance of early Africa in global history, Gomez traces how Islam’s growth in West Africa, along with intensifying commerce that included slaves, resulted in a series of political experiments unique to the region, culminating in the rise of empire.

• Author: Michael A. Gomez
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Published: 2019-08-27
• Pages: 520
• ISBN-13: 9780691196824