Ancient Africa
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Books 960 are the Dewey Decimal numbers for Africa - ancient and contempory - so be careful which ones you use. 909 is where general books on ancient civilizations are located. Look for books under you specific topic using the library catalog by doing keyword search. Look for both AFRICA and the individual kingdoms. Magazines "National Geographic Magazine" - remember to use the index in the reference section. Look for specific topics in "Calliope" and "Kids Discover" magazines Use the OSLIS Database to search for magazines. If you are searching at home, they do require a password. These databases also contain information from various encyclopedia and other reference sources. Some titles are available in the library. Others are only on the web.
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This teacher created site is a great starting point This site about Ancient Ghana is part of a larger site about Ghana
and includes a great timeline. This PBS site starts with a wonderful clickable map then scroll down
to the links to specific ancient empires. The Metropolitian Museum has put together a great timeline with links
to specific information This site is really intended to be an instructional unit but if you
scroll down to the list of curriculum units on the left side of the
webpage you can link to information about Saharan cultures. This BBC site has links to the West African Empires. Mali and Songhay empires Click on CONTENTS from this page to get a lisk of links for African
Empires This is just a page of links that may duplicate some listed above.
It's also full of annoying pop-ups. Great pictures of the ancient city of Zimbabwe.
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