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Beschreibung
This well-illustrated book provides an up-to-date survey of a key period in the history of northern Ethiopia and south-central Eritrea, their development, florescence and eventual transformation into the so-called medieval civilisation of Christian Ethiopia. It considers how the region's literate communities arose and flourished during the last millennium BC, giving rise to the Aksumite civilisation whose achievements and intercontinental significance are increasingly recognised, and which formed an integral but often neglected component of the Christian world in Late Antiquity.

Published in association with the British Institute in Eastern Africa
This well-illustrated book provides an up-to-date survey of a key period in the history of northern Ethiopia and south-central Eritrea, their development, florescence and eventual transformation into the so-called medieval civilisation of Christian Ethiopia. It considers how the region's literate communities arose and flourished during the last millennium BC, giving rise to the Aksumite civilisation whose achievements and intercontinental significance are increasingly recognised, and which formed an integral but often neglected component of the Christian world in Late Antiquity.

Published in association with the British Institute in Eastern Africa
Über den Autor
David W. Phillipson
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction - Part I Before Aksum
The northern Horn 3000 years ago
The first millennium BC - Part II The Kingdom of Aksum
Aksumite civilisation: an introductory summary
Aksumite languages & literacy
Some written sources relating to Aksumite civilisation
The emergence & expansion of the Aksumite state
Aksumite kingship & politics
Aksumite religion
Cultivation & herding, food & drink
Urbanism, architecture & non-funerary monuments
Aksumite burials
Aksumite technology & material culture
Aksumite coinage
Foreign contacts of the Aksumite state
Decline & transformation of the Aksumite state - Part III After Aksum
The Zagwe Dynasty - Part IV Epilogue
The future of the past in the northern Horn
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781847010889
ISBN-10: 1847010881
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Phillipson, David W.
Hersteller: James Currey
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 216 x 140 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: David W. Phillipson
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.04.2014
Gewicht: 0,388 kg
Artikel-ID: 105692443