Your text includes several references to Europeans ignoring or underrating the role of Africa in early human history and the ancient world. What is the explanation for Europeans’ refusal to acknowledge Africa?
a) Europeans had developed a skewed view of Africans as backward and inferior.
b) African accounts tend to overrate the significance of African states.
c) African kingdoms had little or no relationship to Europe until the 1900s.
d) There is still significant disagreement as to the geographic origins of the human species.
Answer: a
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