The Ethiopians :

Pankhurst, Richard.

The Ethiopians : a history / Richard Pankhurst. - Oxford, UK ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 2001. - xiv, 299 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - The peoples of Africa. . - Peoples of Africa. .

Originally published: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [278]-286) and index.

Prehistory and geography -- Punt, pharaohs and ptolemies, the Aksumite Kingdom, and the coming of Christianity -- The Zagwé Dynasty, Lalibala Churches, and the Solomonic 'restoration' -- Life in the Middle Ages: contacts with Muslim neighbours and far-off Christians -- Ahmad ibn Ibrahim, Oromo migration, and Ottoman seizure of Massawa -- The move of capital north-west and the Roman Catholic interlude -- The rise and fall of Gondar -- The early nineteenth century and the advent of Téwodros II -- Yohannes, Menilek and the European powers -- Beginnings of modernization: menilek, Iyasu, Zawditu and Haile Sellassie -- Invasion, occupation and liberation -- Restoration and revolution.

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Ethnology--Ethiopia.


Ethiopia--History.