Ethiopia and the Red Sea

Informationen zum Autor Abir Mordechai Klappentext First Published in 1980. An important waterway for international trade, the Red Sea is about 2000 kms. long and generally between 200-300 kms. wide. In its southern part the Arabian peninsula approaches the Horn of Africa to a distance of about 25 kms. This book is partly the outcome of research for the chapter called 'Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa' (from the middle of the sixteenth century until the middle of the eighteenth century), published in the fourth volume of the Cambridge History of Africa. The extensive research conducted for several summers between 1967 and 1971 for a forty-page chapter resulted in substantial material in order to create this volume. Zusammenfassung First Published in 1980. An important waterway for international trade, the Red Sea is about 2000 kms. long and generally between 200-300 kms. wide. In its southern part the Arabian peninsula approaches the Horn of Africa to a distance of about 25 kms. This book is partly the outcome of research for the chapter called 'Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa' (from the middle of the sixteenth century until the middle of the eighteenth century), published in the fourth volume of the Cambridge History of Africa. The extensive research conducted for several summers between 1967 and 1971 for a forty-page chapter resulted in substantial material in order to create this volume. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 CHAPTER I Economic and Political Background; Chapter 2 Chapter II Ethiopia's Foreign Relations to 1500; Chapter 3 CHAPTER III Government, Administration, Army and Church to 1500; Chapter 4 CHAPTER IV The Rise of the Muslim Kingdom of Ethiopia in the Sixteenth Century Power Politics; Chapter 5 CHAPTER V The Revival of the Solomonic Monarchy and the Decline of Muslim Power in the Horn; Chapter 6 CHAPTER VI Trade and Power Politics in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean in the Sixteenth Century; Chapter 7 CHAPTER VII The Rise of Galla Power in the Horn; Chapter 8 CHAPTER VIII A Period of Transition; Chapter 9 CHAPTER IX The Reign of Susinyos A Seventeenth Century Attempt at Westernisation; Chapter 10 CHAPTER X Imposed Conversion and the Triumph of the National Church Bibliography; Conclusion Index;...

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Abir Mordechai

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First Published in 1980. An important waterway for international trade, the Red Sea is about 2000 kms. long and generally between 200-300 kms. wide. In its southern part the Arabian peninsula approaches the Horn of Africa to a distance of about 25 kms. This book is partly the outcome of research for the chapter called 'Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa' (from the middle of the sixteenth century until the middle of the eighteenth century), published in the fourth volume of the Cambridge History of Africa. The extensive research conducted for several summers between 1967 and 1971 for a forty-page chapter resulted in substantial material in order to create this volume.

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Chapter 1 CHAPTER I Economic and Political Background; Chapter 2 Chapter II Ethiopia's Foreign Relations to 1500; Chapter 3 CHAPTER III Government, Administration, Army and Church to 1500; Chapter 4 CHAPTER IV The Rise of the Muslim Kingdom of Ethiopia in the Sixteenth Century Power Politics; Chapter 5 CHAPTER V The Revival of the Solomonic Monarchy and the Decline of Muslim Power in the Horn; Chapter 6 CHAPTER VI Trade and Power Politics in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean in the Sixteenth Century; Chapter 7 CHAPTER VII The Rise of Galla Power in the Horn; Chapter 8 CHAPTER VIII A Period of Transition; Chapter 9 CHAPTER IX The Reign of Susinyos A Seventeenth Century Attempt at Westernisation; Chapter 10 CHAPTER X Imposed Conversion and the Triumph of the National Church Bibliography; Conclusion Index;