Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. 1 General Introduction 1
5. Part One Before Aksum
6. 2 The northern Horn 3000 years ago 7
7. 3 The First Millennium BC 19
8. Part Two The Kingdom of Aksum
9. 4 Aksumite civilisation: an introductory summary 45
10. 5 Aksumite Languages and Literacy 51
11. 6 Some Written Sources relating to Aksumite Civilisation 57
12. 7 The Emergence and Expansion of the Aksumite State 69
13. 8 Aksumite Kingship and Politics 79
14. 9 Aksumite Religion 91
15. 10 Cultivation and Herding, Food and Drink 107
16. 11 Urbanism, Architecture and Non-Funerary Monuments 119
17. 12 Aksumite Burials 139
18. 13 Aksumite Technology and Material Culture 159
19. 14 Aksumite Coinage 181
20. 15 Foreign Contacts of the Aksumite State 195
21. 16 Decline and Transformation of the Aksumite State 209
22. Part Three After Aksum
23. 17 The Zagwe dynasty 225
24. 18 Epilogue The Future of the Past in the Northern Horn 245
25. Bibliographic References 249
26. Index 283