25.Encyclopedia of The Peoples of Africa and the Middle East, African Languages Resources

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Encyclopedia of the
PEOPLES OF AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
NO
Jamie Stokes, Editor
Anthony Gorman and Andrew Newman,
Historical Consultants
Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East
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Encyclopedia of the peoples of Africa and the Middle East /
Jamie Stokes, editor; Anthony Gorman and Andrew Newman,
historical consultants.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8160-7158-6 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN 978-1-4381-2676-0 (e-book)
1. Ethnology—Africa—Encyclopedias. 2. Ethnology—Middle
East—Encyclopedias. 3. Africa—Social life and customs—Encyclopedias.
4. Middle East—Social life and customs—Encyclopedias. I. Stokes, Jamie.
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 CONTENTS
7
List of Entries
iv
List of Illustrations and Maps
viii
Preface
xii
How to Use This Set
xiv
Acknowledgments and Contributors
xvi
Entries A to Z
1
Appendix I: List of Individuals Featured in Biographical Sidebars
763
Appendix II: The Geography of Africa
764
Appendix III: The Geography of the Middle East
768
Appendix IV: The Earliest Humans
770
Appendix V: Chronology of African and Middle Eastern Prehistory and History 776
Appendix VI: Glossary of Cultural Terms
799
Bibliography
821
LIST OF ENTRIES
7
Ababda
Abadja
Abam
Abarue
Abbe
Abgal
Abidji
Abkhazians
Abora
Abu Sharib
Achaemenids
Acholi
Adjukru
Afar
Afrikaners
Afshar
Aka
Akan
Akebou
Akie
Akkadians
Akoko
Akpafu
Akunakuna
Akwa
Akwamu
Akwapim
Akyem
Alaba
Alagoa
Al Ajman
Alataway
Alawis
Al Bu Muhammad
Al Bu Said
Aleta
Al Falasi
Algerians: nationality
Al Khalifa
Ali
Alladian
Al Murrah
Al Sabah
Al Shihab
Al hani
Alur
Amalekites
Amarar
Amba
Americo-Liberians
Amhara
Amorites
Anakaza
Anang
Angolans: nationality
Anglophones of
Cameroon
Anizah
Ankwe
Anlo
Anniya
Antaifasy
Antaimoro
Antaisaka
Antambahoaka
Antandroy
Antankarana
Antanosy
Anuak
Anyi
Apindji
Aq-qoyunlu
Arabs
Aramaeans
Argobba
Arma
Armenians
Aro
Arusha
Arusi
Asante
Asians of Africa
Assassins
Assin
Assyrians
Athi
Attie
Attuot
Avikam
Awi
Aws
Aymaq
Azande
Azd
Azeris
Babylonians
Bactrians
Badiu
Baia
Bafou
Baggara
Bagirmi
Baham
Bahrainis: nationality
Baka
Bakele
Bakhtiari
Bakota
Bakoukouya
Balanta
Bale
Balochs
Bambara
Bamileke
Bamum
Banda
Bandi
Bandia
Bani Harith
Bani Hilal
Bani Kaab
Bani Khalid
Bani Lam
Bani Nadir
Bani Najjar
Bani Nawfal
Bani Qaynuqa
Bani Qurayza
Bani Saad
Bani Sakhr
Bani Tamim
Bani Yas
Banjoun
Bansoa
Bantu
Banu Asad
Bapounou
Bara
Barabaig
Bararetta
Bariba
Barma
Basese
Basotho: nationality
Bassa
Bassi
Baulé
Baya
Bedouin
Beja
Bemba
Bemdzabuko
Beng
Beni Amer
Beninese: nationality
Berbers
Beri
Berta
Berti
Bete
Betsileo
Betsimisiraka
Bezanozano
Biafada
Bidanis
Bideyat
Bidoons
Bini
Birifor
Bisharin
Bithynians
Bobo
Boers
Bokora
Bondei
Bongo
Borana
Botswanans: nationality
Brahui
British
Brong
Bubis
Buduma
Burkinabe: nationality
Burundians: nationality
Buyids
Cameroonians: nationality
Canaanites
iv
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