The First Ethiopians The Image of Africa and Africans in the Early Mediterranean World |
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| Author:
| Smith, Malvern van Wyk |
| ISBN: | 978-1-86814-499-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2009 |
| Publisher: | Wits University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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Explores the images of Africa and Africans that evolved in ancient Egypt, in classical Greece and imperial Rome, in the early Mediterranean world, and in the early domains of Christianity. This book provides a survey of the special place that Aksumite Ethiopia has held in European and African conceptual worlds as the site of 'worthy Ethiopia'.
Explores the images of Africa and Africans that evolved in ancient Egypt, in classical Greece and imperial Rome, in the early Mediterranean world, and in the early domains of Christianity. This book provides a survey of the special place that Aksumite Ethiopia has held in European and African conceptual worlds as the site of 'worthy Ethiopia'.