Foundations of an African Civilisation: Aksum and the Northern Horn, 1000 BC - Ad 1300: 19 (Eastern Africa Series) - Softcover

A useful working tool for scholars, a complete and updated textbook for students and a readable and informative account for those who wish to be introduced to the past of these regions. AETHIOPICA

This authoritative and challenging book is essential for experts of Ethiopian and Eritrean archaeology and history, but it is also an accessible and engaging read for a wider audience. AFRICAN AFFAIRS

[A] compelling read [and] a meticulous survey that engages with several branches of archaeology and history as well as art history, epigraphy, and linguistics. ... This authoritative and challenging book is essential for experts of Ethiopian and Eritrean archaeology and history, but it is also an accessible and engaging read for a wider audience beyond its geographical and temporal scope. AFRICAN AFFAIRS

Foundations of an African Civilisation is an unparalleled contribution to the archaeological literature about Aksum, which will aid both the established researcher and the recently initiated student of Aksumite studies alike. Its comprehensive, yet largely accessible treatment of a range of archaeological, epigraphic, and historical data, excellent organisation and informative illustrations are a tribute and a testimony to David Phillipson's long-running dedication to exploring this most intriguing ancient African civilisation. AZANIA

This well-illustrated book provides an up-to-date survey of a key period in the history of northern Ethiopia and south-central Eritrea, their development, florescence and eventual transformation into the so-called medieval civilisation of Christian Ethiopia. It considers how the region's literate communities arose and flourished during the last millennium BC, giving rise to the Aksumite civilisation whose achievements and intercontinental significance are increasingly recognised, and which formed an integral but often neglected component of the Christian world in Late Antiquity.
Published in association with the British Institute in Eastern Africa