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Aksum : an African civilisation of late antiquity

Title
Aksum : an African civilisation of late antiquity / Stuart Munro-Hay.
Author
Munro-Hay, S. C. (Stuart C.), 1947-2004
Publication
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©1991.

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Description
x, 294 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Subject
  • Archeologie
  • Āksum (Ethiopia) > History
  • Ethiopia > Āksum
  • Civilization History, to 1268
  • Ethiopia
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-284) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Legend, literature, and archaeological discovery -- The city and the state -- Aksumite history -- The capital city -- The civil administration -- The monarchy -- The economy -- The coinage -- Religion -- Warfare -- Material culture ; the archaeological record -- Language, literature, and the arts -- Society and death -- The decline of Aksum -- The British Institute in eastern Africa's excavations at Aksum.
ISBN
  • 0748601066
  • 9780748601066
  • 0748602097
  • 9780748602094
LCCN
91182583
OCLC
  • ocm24695872
  • 24695872
  • SCSB-1918606
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library