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Series:   Elements in the Global Middle Ages

‘Ethiopia’ and the World, 330–1500 CE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2024

Yonatan Binyam  and
Verena Krebs
Yonatan Binyam
Affiliation:
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey
Verena Krebs
Affiliation:
Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany

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.
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EthiopiaEritreaglobal medieval historyRed Sea regiontranscultural history
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Series: Elements in the Global Middle Ages
Online ISBN: 9781009106115
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication: 30 May 2024

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