Synopsis
Henry Louis Gates Jr investigates evidence of complex societies and creative cultures that developed in the Ancient Nile Valley.
- Programme: Africa's Great Civilisations
- Series: 1
- Episode: 01: Origins
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2018
- Geography | Urban environments | Settlement in urban areas | Settlement types
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