West African Kingdoms 500-1590 (World Eras 10)

About this book

World Eras is patterned after the award-winning American Decades series. Covering areas often overlooked by other publications World Eras provides a multicultural approach that directly reflects changing curriculum standards with a cross-disciplinary overview of world history and a strong emphasis of daily life and social history. Each volume in this set contains in-depth coverage of one era and is organized into ten chapters: World events -- A Chronology Geography The Arts -- Sculpture Architecture Painting and Music Communications Transportation and Exploration Social class Systems and the Economy -- focusing on social-economic hierarchy Politics Law and the Military Leisure Recreation and Daily life -- housing clothing food education etc. Family and Social Trends -- customs beliefs roles and responsibilities Religion and Philosophy Science Technology and Health Each volume includes an introductory essay that provides context and overview of the era written by a scholar in the field and will contain 150 photographs line drawings diagrams illustrations and sidebars. Each chapter within a volume includes an introductory essay a timeline entries on specific topics events or movements biographies of prominent individuals and important publications of the era. A glossary of subject-specific terms appears at the end