Throne of Adulis : Red Sea wars on the eve of Islam / G.W. Bowersock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowersock, G. W. (Glen Warren), 1936-

Series:

Emblems of antiquity.

Emblems of Antiquity.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Yemen (Republic)--Ḩimyar--History--6th century.

Jews.

Ḥimyar (Yemen)--History.

Ḥimyar (Yemen).

Arabian Peninsula--History--To 622.

Arabian Peninsula.

Āksum (Ethiopia)--History.

Āksum (Ethiopia).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Just prior to the rise of Islam in the sixth century AD, southern Arabia was embroiled in a violent conflict between Christian Ethiopians and Jewish Arabs. Though little known today, this was an international war that involved both the Byzantine Empire, which had established Christian churches in Ethiopia, and the Sasanian Empire in Persia, which supported the Jews in what became a proxy war against its longtime foe Byzantium. Our knowledge of these events derives largely from an inscribed marble throne at the Ethiopian port of Adulis, meticulously described by a sixth-century Christian mercha

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Maps and Illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; Timeline; PROLOGUE; Chapter One: THE THRONE; Chapter Two: A CHRISTIAN TRAVELER IN THE RED SEA; Chapter Three: PTOLEMY'S ELEPHANTS; Chapter Four: THE KINGDOM OF AXUM; Chapter Five: CHRISTIANITY COMES TO AXUM; Chapter Six: JUDAISM COMES TO HỊMYA R; Chapter Seven: THE ETHIOPIAN INVASION OF 525; Chapter Eight: ENTRY OF THE GREAT POWERS; Chapter Nine: RECKONING; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed June 10, 2013).

ISBN:

0-19-933384-X

0-19-933367-X

OCLC:

852756818