Foundations of an African Civilisation - Aksum and the northern Horn, 1000 BC - AD 1300

A single coherent narrative of Aksumite civilisation revealing the roots of medieval Christian Ethiopia.

List of contents

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

About the author

David W. Phillipson

Product details

• Authors: David W. Phillipson
• Publisher: James Currey
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.04.2014
• EAN: 9781847010889
• ISBN: 978-1-84701-088-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 213 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 367 g
• Series: Eastern Africa Series; Eastern Africa; Eastern Africa Series; Eastern Africa
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Archäologie einer Periode / Region, 1000 bis 1500 nach Christus, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Äthiopien