'Ethiopia' and the World, 330-1500 CE / Yonatan Binyam and Verena Krebs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Binyam, Yonatan, author.

Krebs, Verena, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in the global Middle Ages, 2632-3427.

Elements in the Global Middle Ages Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethiopia--History--To 1490.

Ethiopia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (80 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

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. Early scholarship, often by philologists and religious scholars, upheld 'Ethiopia' as an isolated repository of ancient Jewish and Christian texts. This work reframes the region's history, highlighting the political, economic, and cultural interconnections of different kingdoms, polities, and peoples. Utilizing recent advancements in Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies as well as Medieval Studies, it reevaluates key instances of contact between 'Ethiopia' and the world of Afro-Eurasia, situating the histories of the Christian, Muslim, and local-religious or 'pagan' groups living in the Red Sea littoral and the Eritrean-Ethiopian highlands in the context of the Global Middle Ages

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 May 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781009117234

1009117238

9781009116091

1009116096

9781009106115

1009106112