AKSUM

or Axumboth: äksoomˈ, town (1994 pop. 27,148), Tigray region, N Ethiopia. Aksum was the capital of an empire (c.1st–8th cent. a.d.) that controlled much of what is now N Ethiopia. In the 4th cent. the emperor Ezana was converted to Christianity, and today Aksum is a major center of Ethiopian Christianity. The Ark of the Covenant is said to have been brought there from Jerusalem in Solomon's time and placed in the church of St. Mary of Zion, where Ethiopia's emperors were later crowned. The town is also noted for its gigantic carved pre-Christian obelisks.

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books on: Aksum  - 111 results

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Aksum: An African Civilisation of Late Antiquity
Book by Stuart Munro-Hay; Edinburgh University Press, 1991
Subjects: Aksum (Kingdom), Ethiopia--History
...256 , 261 Mathew, Gervase 38 Matlia Dawala-BYRN 51 , 167 , 225 Matshafa Aksum see Book of Aksum Matthew the Armenian, ambassador 21 Mauro, Fra 20 Mausoleum, Aksum 119 , 130 , 267 Maximian, emperor 153 , 155 Mazeber 9 , 253 Mecca Makka relations...
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Africa and Africans in Antiquity
Book by Edwin M. Yamauchi; Michigan State University, 2001
Subjects: Africa, North--Antiquities--Congresses, Africa, North--History--To 647--Congresses, Africa--Antiquities--Congresses, Africa--History--To 1498--Congresses
...associated with Early Aksumite burials in Aksum. Such evidence may push back the beginning of Aksum by one to two centuries into the late first...field appeared at this site. 47 Finally, Aksum consolidated its control through military...
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Key Events in African History: A Reference Guide
Book by Toyin Falola; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: Africa--History
...agricultural land had to pay for it. Like Kush, Aksum drew substantial wealth from the Red Sea trade with India. Aksum was a center of long-distance commerce...the fourth and eighth centuries A.D. Aksum exported rhinoceros horn, war elephants...
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A History of the Church in Africa
Book by Bengt Sundkler, Christopher Steed; Cambridge University Press, 2000
Subjects: Africa--Church History, Christianity--Africa
...St Matthew into Geez, but when leaving Aksum he is believed to have sent a drought to...establishment of the foundations of the Church in Aksum, achieved through the determination and...kings and monks. In the sixth century, Aksum had a powerful ruler in Kaleb, 510 58...
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The Church in Africa: 1450-1950
Book by Adrian Hastings; Clarendon Press, 1996
Subjects: Africa--Church History, Christianity And Culture, Christianity--Africa, Church And State--Africa, Missions--Africa--History
...its original fourth-century location at Aksum in Tigre or the later twelfth- or thirteenth...places had by no means been abandoned. Aksum, only 100 miles from the Red Sea, remained...hundred and fifty miles to the south of Aksum in the early thirteenth century the Emperor...
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journal articles on: Aksum  - 21 results

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Icons of Devotion/icons of Trade: Creativity and Entrepreneurship in Contemporary "Traditional" Ethiopian Painting
Journal article by Neal Sobania, Raymond Silverman; African Arts, Vol. 42, 2009
Subjects: African art--Criticism and interpretation, African art--Religious aspects, Aksum (Ancient city)--Religious aspects, Aksum (Ancient city)--Social aspects, Art, African--Criticism and interpretation, Art, African--Religious aspects, Christian art and symbolism--Criticism and interpretation, Christian art--Criticism and interpretation, Ethiopian culture--Portrayals, Ethiopian culture--Religious aspects
...Painting. by Neal Sobania , Raymond Silverman Aksum is one of Ethiopias major tourist destinations...the region in the early fourth century, Aksum became a recognized center for the production...Scores of metalworkers and painters in Aksum and the surrounding region remain prolific...
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Contemporary Women Artists in Ethiopia
Journal article by Makda Teklemichael; African Arts, Vol. 42, 2009
Subjects: African art--Criticism and interpretation, African art--Exhibitions, Art, African--Criticism and interpretation, Art, African--Exhibitions, Ethiopian culture--Portrayals, Women artists--Criticism and interpretation, Women artists--Exhibitions
...could find materials and fellow artists in Aksum. Carrying her youngest child on her back, Lemlem walked to Aksum where she met Aleqa (6) Yohannes Teklu...are decorated with paintings bought from Aksum. So Woyzero Lemlem had no one to look...
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A Coalition of Lions
Journal article by Jean Boreen; Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, Vol. 47, 2003
Subjects: A Coalition of Lions (Book)--Reviews
...offer of sanctuary from Priamos, ambassador from Aksum in Africa, and in a proposed marriage to her cousin Constantine, the current British ambassador to Aksum. Upon her arrival in Aksum, Goewin makes the acquaintance of Telemakos, the...
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Mining a Mother Lode: Early European Travel Literature and the History of Precious Metalworking in Highland Ethiopia
Journal article by Raymond Silverman, Neal Sobania; History In Africa, Vol. 31, 2004
...report of the 1974 British excavations at Aksum includes evidence that the tradition has...is found in the archeological record at Aksum and related sites in northern Ethiopia...in the fabrication of prestige items at Aksum.14 The most abundant material evidence...
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The Parchment Makers: An Ancient Art in Present-Day Ethiopia
Journal article by Worku Nida; African Arts, Vol. 35, 2002
Subjects: The Parchment Makers: an Ancient Art in Present-Day Ethiopia (Video recording)
...year-old clergyman of the Cathedral of Aksum Tsion, (1) is a parchmenter and scribe...books from the library of the Cathedral of Aksum Tsion. The layout of the page is determined...sheep, and goat grazing in a field in Aksum, the Aksum Tsion Cathedral, and an illustration...
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magazine articles on: Aksum  - 21 results

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Bridging Two Worlds: The Aksum-Arabia Axis: The Importance and Influence of Aksum, an Ancient Empire That Once Held Sway over Both Sides of the Red Sea
Magazine article by Stephen Williams; The Middle East, December 2006
Subjects: Aksum (Ancient city)--History, Ethiopian culture--Influence
Bridging Two Worlds: The Aksum-Arabia Axis: The Importance and Influence of Aksum, an Ancient Empire That Once Held Sway over Both...one of Africas greatest ancient civilisations. Aksum (or Axum in modern spelling) is best known to...
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We Want Our Looted Artefacts Back! Supporters of Repatriation, in Ethiopia and Elsewhere in Africa, See the Return of the 140-Ton Aksum Obelisk as a Precedent for the Restitution of Other Artefacts Looted during the Colonial Era from Many Parts of Africa and Elsewhere. but Would the "Democracy-Loving" Former Colonial Masters Oblige?, Asks Professor Richard Pankhurst
Magazine article by Richard Pankhurst; New African, November 2008
...Africa, See the Return of the 140-Ton Aksum Obelisk as a Precedent for the Restitution...him one of the remarkable obelisks from Aksum, in northern Ethiopia, which dated back...pieces. The obelisk was duly trucked from Aksum to the Red Sea port of Massawa, taken...
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Ethiopian Devotions
Magazine article; The Architectural Review, Vol. 213, June 2003
Subjects: Aksum (Ancient city)--Buildings, facilities, etc., Aksum (Ancient city)--History, Aksum (Ancient city)--Social aspects, Dwellings, Historic buildings--History, Housing
...centuries, the ancient civilization at Aksum, which has been described as the last...antiquity, was based on exchange and trade. Aksum was on important trading routes between...and traditions. Twenty-first century Aksum, which is in the far north of present...
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New Discoveries in Africa Change Face of History
Magazine article by Richard Greenfield; New African, November 2001
Subjects: Africa--History, African history, Civilization--History, Culture--History, Eritrea--History, Ethiopia--History, Ethiopian history
...societies and cultures such as that of Aksum. In noting this, we must now set this...an ancient empire based on the city of Aksum has been central to what Donald Levine...the well publicised history and legacy of Aksum remains fundamental to the wider pretensions...
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Ethiopia: Africa's Holy Land; the Only Country in Africa That Was Never Colonised, the First in Africa to Adopt the Christian Faith, and Containing More World Heritage Sites Than Any Other, Ethiopia Has One of the Richest Historical Heritages on the Continent. Stephen Williams Was a Recent Visitor and Provides This Special Report for New African
Magazine article by Stephen Williams; New African, January 2007
Subjects: Airlines--Reports, Ethiopian Airlines--Reports, Historic sites--Reports
...Lalibela, the monuments of the ancient empire of Aksum, the medieval castles of Gondar, and much else...is said to be kept in Ethiopias oldest city, Aksum (now spelled Axum). Aksum was the epicentre of a city state that flourished...
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newspaper articles on: Aksum  - 4 results

 
 
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National Day of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, May 27, 2010
...until the 20th century, Ethiopia is the oldest independent nation in Africa. It was home to the powerful Christian kingdom of Aksum in the first centuries A.D. and became a Christian empire in the 15th century. After the 1500s, Ethiopia divided into a...
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National Day of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, May 28, 2008
...Abyssinia until the 20th century, Ethiopia is the oldest independent nation in Africa. It was home to the Christian Kingdom of Aksum in the first centuries A.D. and became a Christian empire in the 15th century. After the 1500s, Ethiopia divide into a...
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News Flash 1974
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), June 11, 2005
...international care organization. We would travel in the Embassy Land Rover to such exotic places as Rift Valley, Dire Dawa and Aksum and on to Eritrea on the Red Sea. It was a memorable time and the glorious scenery influenced my decision to become a photographer...
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Money as Art Gains Currency
Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, April 1, 2000
...also could be worn while walking. Closer to Western forms of currency were the coins. King Endubis of the ancient Kingdom of Aksum issued coins with his image struck on them during the third century. He continued this practice for the next 300 years, embellishing...


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encyclopedia articles on: Aksum  - 8 results

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Aksum
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AKSUM or Axum both: aksoom , town (1994 pop. 27,148), Tigray region, N Ethiopia. Aksum was the capital of an empire (c.1st 8th...was converted to Christianity, and today Aksum is a major center of Ethiopian Christianity...
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Ethiopia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...there is documentary evidence is that of Aksum (Axum), a kingdom which probably emerged...influenced the economy and culture of Ethiopia. Aksum controlled much of the Red Sea coast and...Mediterranean world. Under King Ezana, Aksum was converted (4th cent.) to Christianity...
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Eritrea
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Administratively, the country is divided into six regions. History Eritrea formed part of the ancient Ethiopian kingdom of Aksum until the 7th cent. Thereafter Ethiopian emperors maintained an intermittent presence in the area until the mid-16th cent...
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Axum
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AXUM Ethiopia: see Aksum . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Africa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...5th millennium b.c. Africas first great civilization began in Egypt in 3400 b.c.; other ancient centers were Kush and Aksum. Phoenicians established Carthage in the 9th cent. b.c. and probably explored the northwestern coast as far as the Canary...
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