G W Bowersock

The Throne of Adulis

Red Sea Wars on the Eve of Islam

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Produktbeschreibung

Leading historian G.W. Bowersock provides a narrative account of a fascinating but overlooked chapter in pre-Islamic Arabian history -- the holy war between Christian Ethiopians and Jewish Arabs in the sixth century AD.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 148mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 378g
• ISBN-13: 9780199739325
• ISBN-10: 0199739323
• Artikelnr.: 36540040

Autorenporträt

G. W. Bowersock is Professor Emeritus of Ancient History at the Institute for Advanced Study. He is the author of more than 300 articles and books on Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern history, as well as the classical tradition in western literature.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Abbreviations
List of Maps and Illustrations
Maps
I. The Throne
II. A Christian Traveller in the Red Sea
III. Ptolemy's Elephants
IV. The Kingdom of Axum
V. Christianity Comes to Axum
VI. Judaism Comes to Himyar
VII. The Ethiopian Invasion of 525
VIII. Entry of the Great Powers
IX. Reckoning
Appendix: Nonnosus
Bibliography
Index