Ethiopia and the World, 3301500 Ce

This Cambridge Element offers an interdisciplinary introduction to the histories of the Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands from late antiquity to the late medieval period, updating traditional Western academic perspectives.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The Emergence of the Aksumite Empire in Global Antiquity, 2nd-4th Centuries; 2. Aksum in the World of Roman Late Antiquity, 4th Century; 3. Aksum and South Arabia, 6th Century; 4. Endings and Beginnings: the Ethiopian-Eritrean Highlands in post-Aksumite Times, 7th-10th Centuries; 5. Cosmopolitan Communities: Fatimid Red Sea Trade and the Horn of Africa, 11th-12th Centuries; 6. Formation: Conquest, Consolidation, and Commerce in the 12th-15th Centuries.

Summary

This Cambridge Element offers an interdisciplinary introduction to the histories of the Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands from late antiquity to the late medieval period, updating traditional Western academic perspectives.

Foreword

An interdisciplinary introduction to the histories of the Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands from late antiquity to the late medieval period.

Product details

• Authors: Yonatan Binyam, Yonatan (Institute for Advanced Study Binyam, Verena Krebs
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2024
• EAN: 9781009107969
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0910796-9
• No. of pages: 88
• Series: Elements in the Global Middle Ages
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Eritrea, HISTORY / World, General & world history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, African History, Ethiopia