Book Review: African Kingdoms: An Encyclopedia of Empires and Civilizations

WORLD CIVILIZATIONS AND HISTORY OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT – African Civilizations: From The Pre-Colonial to the Modern Day - Toyin Falola and Tyler Fleming ©Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS) AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS: FROM THE PRE-COLONIAL TO THE MODERN DAY

This chapter argues that African civilizations underwent many changes since the continent's first set of people began the process of state formation. Though African civilization was and remains extremely diverse and varied, this chapter uses the common experiences of Africans in general to provide an analysis of civilization throughout the African continent. The chapter stresses the resiliency ...

Book Review: Tim Wu, The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

Research-Book Review and Criticism (Art)/ On Calligraphy or The Great Encyclopedia of Hand-Lettering: Introduction and Review, Delaram Kardar Tehran

On Calligraphy or The Great Encyclopedia of Hand-Lettering: introduction and review  Delaram Kardar Tehran   Master of Science (MSc) in Iranian Studies, Codicology, Palaeography and Manuscript Marginalia Decoration [email protected] Abstract The first volume of The Great Encyclopedia of Hand-Lettering, titled The History of Codicology and Calligraphy, written by Ali Asghar Moqtadai,...

REVIEW ESSAYS Nations, Empires, and Wars

Waves of War is destined to be influential— and controversial. This book examines nationalism, ethnic strife, and war. These topics are not only prominent in the headlines but also of interest to comparative historical sociology, political sociology, and macrosociology more generally. While the topics are familiar, this is a challenging book. Andreas Wimmer presents a novel theory, creates new ...

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