| Description |
xiii, 160 pages : color illustrations, color maps, color photographs ; 23 cm. |
| Note |
Ages 9-12. Algonquin Young Readers. |
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Grades 4-6. Algonquin Young Readers. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader MG 8.3 5 513863 |
| Note |
Accelerated Reader MG 8.3 5 513863 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: When Africa fueled the world -- The Sahara yawns -- Menes: Creator of dynasties -- Merneith: A queen erased -- The dawn of Egypt -- Imhotep: From peasant to god -- Metal bonds -- Nature as character -- Aesop: The wisest man in the ancient world -- Across the waves -- Hannibal Barca: Unparalleled military strategist -- Terence: North African playwright -- Amanirenas: Warrior, diplomat, queen -- Where few dared to tread -- Tin Hinan: Founding a city on the Dunes -- Across the golden sand -- Mansa musa: The richest man of all time -- The Catalan atlas -- The power of the Griot -- Libraries in the sand -- The winds change -- Queen Idia: Kingmaker. |
| Summary |
"Full-color portraits illustrate the stories of ten people-rulers, educators, inventors, scholars, and explorers-who helped shape the African continent and the world from ancient times through the tumultuous sixteenth century."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Audience |
Ages 9-12. Algonquin Young Readers. |
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Grades 4-6. Algonquin Young Readers. |
| Subject |
Kings and rulers -- Juvenile literature.
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Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Africa -- Kings and rulers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Africa -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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| Genre |
Biographies.
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Young adult literature.
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| Added Author |
Wilson, Hillary D., illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9781616209001 (hardcover) |
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1616209003 (hardcover) |
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