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8. The Economy 166
1. Population 166
2. Agriculture, Husbandry, and Animal Resources 168
3. Metal Resources 171
4. Trade, Imports and Exports 172
5. Local Industries 176
6. Food 178
9. The Coinage 180
1. Origins 180
2. Introduction and Spread of the Coinage 180
3. Internal Aspects of the Coinage 184
4. The Mottoes 192
5. The End of the Coinage 194
6. Modern Study of the Coinage 195
10. Religion 196
1. The Pre-Christian Period 196
2. The Conversion to Christianity 202
3. Abreha and Atsbeha 205
4. Ecclesiastical Development 206
5. Churches 209
11. Warfare 214
1. The Inscriptional Record 214
2. The Military Structure 215
3. Weapons 217
4. The Fleet 220
5. The Aksumite Inscriptions 221
12. Material Culture; the Archaeological Record 233
1. Pottery 233
2. Glassware 239
3. Stone Bowls 240
4. Metalwork 240
5. Other Materials 242
13. Language, Literature, and the Arts 244
1. Language 244
2. Literature and Literacy 246
3. The Arts 248
4. Music and Liturgical Chant 251
14. Society and Death 252
1. Social Classes 252
2. Funerary Practice 255
15. The Decline of Aksum 258
1. The Failure of Resources 258
2. The Climate 259
3. External and Internal Political Troubles 260
4. The najashi Ashama ibn Abjar 261
5. The hatsani Danael 262
16. The British Institute in Eastern Africa's Excavations at Aksum 265
17. Bibliography 270
Index 285

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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: vi.
    
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