The course explores significant themes and developments in the history of Ghana from about 5000BC to the end of the eighteenth century. It examines the earliest cultural achievements of the inhabitants of the area of modern Ghana, such as the technological innovations of the Kintampo Culture. Additionally, it explores other developments such as the existence of some autochthonous groups and the arrival of immigrant groups like the Akans. It further discusses the emergence and growth of settlements, urbanization and early state formation processes in distinct geographical regions. It also interrogates the nature of the early Ghanaian contacts with foreign culture, while examining early European activities including the trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and interference in the political and social systems of indigenous polities.