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082			_a960
100	1		_aDavidson, Basil,
245	1	4	_aThe lost cities of Africa/
260			_aBoston: _aToronto: _bLittle brown and Co.
300			_a366 pages : _billustrations ;
500			_aLondon ed. (Gollancz) has title: Old Africa rediscovered. and index
505	0		_aIntroduction : the rediscovery of Africa -- The peopling of ancient Africa -- The mystery of Meroe -- Kingdoms of the Old Sudan -- Between the Niger and the Congo -- To the southward -- Traders of the Indian Ocean -- Fair cities of stone -- After Axum -- The builders of the south -- The reality behind the ruins -- Decline and fall -- History begins anew.
520			_aDiscusses Egypt, Kush, Meroe, kingdoms of the Old Sudan, Ghana, Mali, Timbuktu, Songhay, the Sao and Kanem, Carthage, Benin, Zanj, Kalambo, Sheba, coastal trade, Axum, Ethiopia, Engaruka, Zimbabwe, Mapungubwe, Inyanga and Niekerk, medieval Rhodesia, the Azanians, the Phoenicians, Djenne, El Masudi, Gao, the Iron Age, Kenya, Kilwa, Khartoum, Malindi, Mombasa, Monomotapa, Mozambique, Ophir, Punt, the Portuguese and the slave trade, Sofala, and more.
650		0	_aAfrica
942			_cBK