African icons : ten people who shaped history /
Edition statement:First edition. Published by : Algonquin Young Readers, an imprint of Algonquin Books of Chapeel Hill , (Chapel Hill, North Carolina : ) Physical details: 160 pages : 24 cm ; ISBN:9781616209001.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Logos International School | J 960.099 BAP (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 39053735 |
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| J 959.9 GRA The Philippines : | J 960 ATI Africa, amazing Africa : country by country / | J 960 MUS Ashanti to Zulu : | J 960.099 BAP African icons : ten people who shaped history / | J 960 ONY A is for Africa / | J 962 HEI Egypt / | J 963.072 BEL Ethiopian voices : Tsion's life / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- 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.
"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"--
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