Ancient Nubians Lesson Plans PowerPoint Presentations and Lessons (Pete's PowerPoint Station) Provides lessons by topic area. 1-07 Papers Ancient Africa (Central Oregon Community College - Agatucci) Provides information about the ancient African culture. The First Cattle Keepers (BBC News) " 'It happened during these 5,000 years of the savannah that people changed from hunter-gathers to cattle keepers,' he [Dr Rudolph Kuper] said."" 'This important step in human history has been made for the first time in the African Sahara.' " 07-06