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HIST 181: African History to 1800 (Spring 2025)
Why Do We Need So Many Databases?
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HIST 181: African History to 1800 (Spring 2025)
Introduction
Session Goals (2/14/25)
Activity: Learning through [my] Mistakes
Reminder of Library Services
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How do we have so many Resources?
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Why Do We Need So Many Databases?
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Ghana Empire (AD 200 – AD 1240) is before 1450 when coverage begins
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