The desert, the rivers, and the oceans -- The long beginning -- Domesticating the land, 6500-1000 BC -- Creating connectivities, 1000-140 BC -- The impact of empire, 140 BC-AD 400 -- An end and a beginning, AD 400-760 -- Emerging states, AD 760-1150 -- Widening horizons, AD 1150-1400 -- Africa and the world, AD 1400-1600 -- Retrospect and prospect.
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