| Description |
xiv, 299 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
The peoples of Africa |
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Peoples of Africa.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [278]-286) and index. |
| Contents |
Prehistory and geography -- Punt, pharaohs and ptolemies, the Aksumite Kingdom, and the coming of Christianity -- The Zagwé Dynasty, Lalibala churches, and the Solomonic "restoration' -- Life in the Middle Ages: contacts with Muslim neighbours and far-off Christians -- Ahmad ibn Ibrahim, Oromo migration, and Ottoman seizure of Massawa -- The move of capital north-west and the Roman Catholic interlude -- The rise and fall of Gondar -- The early nineteenth century and the advent of Téwodros II -- Yohannes, Menilek and the European powers -- Beginnings of modernization: meniled, Iyasu, Zawditu and Haile Sellassie -- Invasion, occupation and liberation -- Restoration and revolution. |
| Subject |
Ethiopia -- History.
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Ethnology -- Ethiopia.
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| ISBN |
0631224939 paperback alkaline paper |
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0631184686 alkaline paper |
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