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Contents
Chronological Chart vii
Preface ix
1. Introduction 1
2. Legend, Literature, and Archaeological Discovery 9
1. The Legends of Aksum 9
2. Aksum in Ancient Sources 16
3. The Rediscovery of Aksum in Modern Times 19
3. The City and the State 30
1. The Landscape 30
2. Origins and Expansion of the Kingdom 33
3. The Development of Aksum; an Interpretation 39
4. Cities, Towns and Villages 44
5. The Inhabitants 50
6. Foreign Relations 52
4. Aksumite History 61
1. The Pre-Aksumite Period 61
2. Comparative Chronological Chart 67
3. Period 1; Early Aksum until the Reign of Gadarat 69
4. Period 2; Gadarat to Endubis 71
5. Period 3; Endubis to Ezana 75
6. Period 4; Ezana after his Conversion, to Kaleb 80
7. Period 5; Kaleb to the End of the Coinage 85
8. The Post-Aksumite Period 94
5. The Capital City 104
1. The Site 104
2. The Town Plan 107
3. Portuguese Records of Aksum III
4. Aksumite Domestic Architecture 118
5. The Funerary Architecture 125
6. The Stelae 134
6. The Civil Administration 144
1. The Rulers 144
2. Officials of the Government 147
7. The Monarchy 150
1. The King and the State 150
2. The Regalia 151
3. Dual Kingship 155
4. Succession 157
5. The Royal Titles 158
6. The Coronation 161

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Publication Information: Book Title: Aksum: An African Civilisation of Late Antiquity. Contributors: Stuart Munro-Hay - author. Publisher: Edinburgh University Press. Place of Publication: Edinburgh. Publication Year: 1991. Page Number: v.
    
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