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Total Pages : 250 pages
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Download or read book Adulis written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : G.W. Bowersock
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019933367X
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)
Download or read book The Throne of Adulis written by G.W. Bowersock and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just prior to the rise of Islam in the sixth century AD, southern Arabia was embroiled in a violent conflict between Christian Ethiopians and Jewish Arabs. Though little known today, this was an international war that involved both the Byzantine Empire, which had established Christian churches in Ethiopia, and the Sasanian Empire in Persia, which supported the Jews in what became a proxy war against its longtime foe Byzantium. Our knowledge of these events derives largely from an inscribed marble throne at the Ethiopian port of Adulis, meticulously described by a sixth-century Christian merchant known as Cosmas Indicopleustes. Using the writings of Cosmas and a wealth of other historical and archaeological evidence from the period, eminent historian G. W. Bowersock carefully reconstructs this fascinating but overlooked chapter in pre-Islamic Arabian history. The flashpoint of the war, Bowersock tells us, occurred when Yusuf, the Jewish king of Himyar, massacred hundreds of Christians living in Najran. The Christian ruler of Ethiopia, Kaleb, urged on by the Byzantine emperor Justin, led a force of 120,000 men across the Red Sea to defeat Yusuf. But when the victorious Kaleb--said to have retired to a monastery-left behind weak leaders in both Ethiopia and Himyar, the Byzantine and Persian empires expanded their activity in the Arabian territory. In the midst of this conflict, a new religion was born, destined to bring a wholly unanticipated resolution to the power struggle in Arabia. The Throne of Adulis vividly recreates the Red Sea world of Late Antiquity, transporting readers back to a remote but pivotal epoch in ancient history, one that sheds light on the collapse of the Persian Empire as well as the rise of Islam.
Author : D. P. S. Peacock
Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
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Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Ancient Red Sea Port of Adulis, Eritrea written by D. P. S. Peacock and published by Oxbow Books Limited. This book was released on 2007 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The port of Adulis was one of greatest significance in Antiquity. It is best known for its role in Aksumite trade during the fourth - seventh centuries AD. However it is also a major port of the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea , a sailors' hand-book of the first century AD. Not only did it offer a good harbour on the route to India, but it was a source for luxuries such as ivory, tortoise-shell and rhinoceros horn. The site was first identified by Henry Salt, in 1810, but there have always been a number of problems, both chronological and topographical with the identification. Firstly, the surface pottery is late in date and accords with Aksumitic importance rather than the Roman. Secondly, Adulis is referred to as a port, but it is today 7 km from the sea. The Periplus refers to an island approached by a causeway, which suggested to some that the site was originally at Massawa, 60 km to the north, a town which today comprises islands connected by causeways. The work of Cosmas Indicopleustes 'Christian Topography' written in the 6th Century AD mentions two other places, Gabaza and Samidi, which have never been identified. The fieldwork on which this book is based resolves these issues. It is suggested that Roman Adulis underlies the Aksumite city. Also the pottery and structures on the Galala hills to the south, show that this was almost certainly 'the site of Aksumite Gabaza. However, off the seaward end of the hills is a rock which would have been a small island in Roman times and on it was a scatter of 1st century AD Roman wine amphorae (Dressel 2-4). The Periplus tells us that ships used to moor of Diodorus Island which was connected to the mainland by a causeway, but was later moved to an island called Oreinê (hilly) for greater security. The latter can be none other than Dese which is the only hilly island in the area and on it field survey has located a fine harbour and an early Roman settlement. The remaining site, Samidi, has also been found, for 7 km north of Adulis are large stone mounds. Architectural fragments and fragments of human bone suggest that this may have been an impressive mausoleum, perhaps the burial place of the kings of Adulis.
Author : G.W. Bowersock
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199739323
Total Pages : 204 pages
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Download or read book The Throne of Adulis written by G.W. Bowersock and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-25 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading historian G.W. Bowersock provides a narrative account of a fascinating but overlooked chapter in pre-Islamic Arabian history — the holy war between Christian Ethiopians and Jewish Arabs in the sixth century AD.
Author : Chiara Zazzaro
Publisher : British Archaeological Reports
ISBN 13 : 9781407311906
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (119 download)
Download or read book The Ancient Red Sea Port of Adulis and the Eritrean Coastal Region written by Chiara Zazzaro and published by British Archaeological Reports. This book was released on 2013 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology 85. Series Editors: Laurence Smith, Brian Stewart and Stephanie Wynne-Jone.
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Total Pages : 608 pages
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Total Pages : 370 pages
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Total Pages : 142 pages
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