Aksum and Nubia: Warfare, Commerce, and Political Fictions in Ancient Northeast Africa

by George Hatke

Aksum and Nubia assembles and analyzes the textual and archaeological evidence of interaction between Nubia and the Ethiopian kingdom of Aksum, focusing primarily on the fourth century CE. Although ancient Nubia and Ethiopia have been the subject of a growing number of studies in recent years, little attention has been given to contact between these two regions. Hatke argues that ancient Northeast Africa cannot be treated as a unified area politically,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081476066X
• ISBN13: 9780814760666
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"