Description: Prerequi- site(s): upper-division standing or consent of instruc- tor. A thematic and topical approach to the study of African history from the early Nile Valley civilizations to the twentieth century. Examines the temporal and spatial development of African societies--including their social, political, economic, and ideological systems--during the precolonial, colonial, and post- colonial periods. F. West African History to 1800; I. Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Africa and Europe- an Imperialism; J. Ancient Africa; K. Africa from 1000- 1880; M. Twentieth-Century Africa. Cross-listed with HIST 137 (E-Z). See the Student Affairs Office in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences for breadth requirement information.