Foundations of an African civilisation : Aksum & the northern Horn, 1000 BC- AD 1300 /

Foundations of an African civilisation : Aksum & the northern Horn, 1000 BC- AD 1300 /

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Main Author: Phillipson, D. W. (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY: James Currey, 2012.

Series: Eastern African studies (London, England)

Subjects:

Āksum (Ethiopia) > Antiquities.
Aksum (Kingdom) > Civilization.
Ethiopia > History > To 1490.

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Call Number: DT390 .A88 P45 2012

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