Foundations of an African Civilisation: Aksum and the northern Horn, 1000 BC - AD 1300

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

This well-illustrated book provides an up-to-date survey of a key period in the history of northern Ethiopia and south-central Eritrea. It is accessible to the general reader, but its comprehensive references and guidance to controversies and research needs will render it invaluable to specialists and students. It considers how the region's literate communities arose and flourished during...