David W. Phillipson

Foundations of an African Civilisation

Aksum and the northern Horn, 1000 BC - AD 1300

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Eastern Africa Series
• Verlag: James Currey
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 138mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9781847010889
• ISBN-10: 1847010881
• Artikelnr.: 39348402

Autorenporträt

David W. Phillipson

Inhaltsangabe

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