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Books on: abyssinia

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Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia

Book by Samuel Johnson; Ginn, 1895

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Fiction

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THE HISTORY OF RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA. CHAPTER I. DESCRIPTION OF A PALACE IN A VALLEY. YE who...the morrow; attend to the history of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia. Rasselas was the fourth son of the mighty emperor, in whose...
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The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing Biblical, Historical, Doctrinal, and Practical Theology and Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Biography from the Earliest Times to the Present Day - Vol. 1

Book by Albert Hauck, Samuel Macauley Jackson; Funk and Wagnalls, 1908

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Theology--Encyclopedias

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...missionaries Gobat and Kugler were sent to Abyssinia. The latter was succeeded by Isenberg...missionary attempts have been made in Abyssinia. The Swedes have one or two stations...French . There is a vicar apostolic for Abyssinia with residence in Alitiena, Tigre...
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The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing Biblical, Historical, Doctrinal, and Practical Theology and Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Biography from the Earliest Times to the Present Day

Book by J. J. Herzog, Albert Hauck, Samuel Macauley Jackson; Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1908

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...missionaries Gobat and Kugler were sent to Abyssinia. The latter was succeeded by Isenberg...missionary attempts have been made in Abyssinia. The Swedes have one or two stations...French . There is a vicar apostolic for Abyssinia with residence in Alitiena, Tigre...
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Contemporary African American Novelists: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook

Book by Emmanuel S. Nelson; Greenwood Press, 1999

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African American Novelists--Biography--Dictionaries, African Americans In Literature--Dictionaries, American Fiction--20th Century--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, American Fiction--20th Century--Dictionaries, American Fiction--African American Authors--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, American Fiction--African American Authors--Dictionaries, Novelists, American--20th Century--Biography--Dictionaries

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...a now-three-novel examination of Abyssinia Jackson, her family, and her community...poetic vignettes to tell the story of Abyssinia, born in a cotton field and marked by...a confusing and painful adult life. Abyssinia retreats into muteness, and only through...
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Muhammad and the Origins of Islam

Book by F. E. Peters; State University of New York Press, 1994

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Muhammad--Prophet--D. 632

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Ibn Ishaq 1955, p. 143 Migration to Abyssinia There then occurred what is to us a quite...the Red Sea to the Christian kingdom of Abyssinia. The best account is that provided by...of God commanded them to emigrate to Abyssinia. In Abyssinia there was a righteous...

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Journal Articles on: abyssinia

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Understanding Abyssinian Immigrants in the U.S.: Socio-Cultural Background and Contemporary Experiences

Journal article by Amanuel A. Teklemariam; The Western Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 29, 2005

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Immigrants--Economic aspects, Immigrants--Social aspects, United States--Demographic aspects, United States--Social aspects

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...environment In this article, the terms "Abyssinia" or "Habesha" refer to the people...Piolet (1999) explains that the term "Abyssinia" refers to the idea of "a crowd" or...were referred to as "Habesha" or "Abyssinia," which means "people of mixed blood...
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Ethical Issues in the Abyssinian Customary Practices and Attitudes towards Persons with Mental or Physical Challenges

Journal article by Amanuel A. Teklemariam; The Western Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 34, 2010

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Disabilities--Analysis, Disability--Analysis, Disabled persons--Evaluation, Discrimination against disabled persons--Social aspects, Ethiopians--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Handicapped discrimination--Social aspects

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...Omole and Omole, 2008). Basic remarks on Abyssinia and its People with Disabilities The term "Abyssinia" refers to the people of both Eritrea and Ethiopia. As Piolet (1999) explains, "Abyssinia" implies the idea of "a crowd" or...
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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

Collections: History, Entire Library

...contexts in which crowns have been used in Abyssinia, as well as their historical significance...twentieth-century European visitors to Abyssinia observed this ornament being worn by...other objects made by the silversmiths of Abyssinia. The recently published report of the...
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Hyenas and Humans in the Horn of Africa

Journal article by Daniel W. Gade; The Geographical Review, Vol. 96, 2006

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Cannibalism, Cannibalism (Human behavior), Human-animal relationships--Influence, Hyenas--Influence

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...exaggeration, that "they were a plague in Abyssinia in every situation, both in the city...Narrative of the Portuguese Embassy to Abyssinia during the Years 1520-1527. Hakluyt...Exploration of the Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia. Hartford, Conn.: O. D. Case...
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Government Intervention in the Coptic Church in Egypt during the Fatimid Period

Journal article by Marlis J. Saleh; The Muslim World, Vol. 91, 2001

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Christianity, Egypt, History, Intervention

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...relations with daughter churches in Nubia and Abyssinia, appointments to the patriarchate and...From the time of the conversion of Abyssinia and Nubia to Christianity in the fourth...the amount of contact between Egypt and Abyssinia. The three major parties in the relationship...

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Magazine Articles on: abyssinia

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Colonial Fascism: In October 1935 Mussolini's Fascist Italian Forces Invaded Abyssinia (Now Ethiopia) at a Crucial Moment in the Run-Up to the Second World War. Daniel Whittall Looks at the Complex Issues the Invasion Raised in Britain and the Responses to It, Especially from Black Britons

Magazine article by Daniel Whittall; History Today, Vol. 60, October 2010

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British foreign relations--History, British foreign relations--Military aspects, British foreign relations--Political aspects, Dictators--Foreign policy, Dictators--Military policy, Ethiopian history--Military aspects, Ethiopian history--Political aspects, Fascism--Military aspects, Italian foreign relations--History, Italian foreign relations--Military aspects, Italian foreign relations--Political aspects, Mussolini, Benito--Foreign policy, Mussolini, Benito--Military policy

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...Mussolinis Fascist Italian Forces Invaded Abyssinia (Now Ethiopia) at a Crucial Moment...conflict following the Italian invasion of Abyssinia as one reason for this. Yet his book...become known as the Scramble for Africa. Abyssinia was one of only two territories on that...
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Great Scot

Magazine article by Miles Bredin; Geographical, Vol. 72, March 2000

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Bruce, James--Biography, Nile River--Research, Physical geography--Africa, Rivers--Africa, Watersheds--Africa

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...that Bruce had never actually gone to Abyssinia at all. Bruces refusal to publish his...Bruces travel problems. On the way to Abyssinia he had been shipwrecked once, ambushed...tarmac. Dangerous days On arriving in Abyssinia, Bruce bought a black horse and called...
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Dying for Britain and France, for Nothing: Over One Million Africans Fought for Britain, France, Italy and Belgium in World War II, and Yet Their Exploits Have Gone Unmarked in the Annals of the Metropolitan Powers. However, a New Book, Fighting for Britain-African Soldiers in the Second World War, Written by the British Academic and Historian, David Killingray, Seeks to Change All That. Osei Boateng Reports

Magazine article by Osei Boateng; New African, April 2010

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Books--Book reviews, Fighting for Britain: African Soldiers in the Second World War (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

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...capture Addis Ababa, the capital of Abyssinia," he narrates. "In early April 1941...who had borne much of the fighting in Abyssinia. On the morning of 5 April 1941, a...even though Italy had now conquered Abyssinia, officials in London still thought military...
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No Simple Purveyor of News: George Steer and Guernica: Paul Preston Remembers the Journalist and Basque Sympathizer Who Broke the News of the Bombing of Guernica, and Whose Impassioned Reports from the Front in the Spanish Civil War Did Much to Draw the Attention of the World to the Conflict

Magazine article by Paul Preston; History Today, Vol. 57, May 2007

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Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939--Media coverage, Steer, George Lowther--Management, War correspondents--Management

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...thoroughly been carried out by the Italians in Abyssinia. Even in Spain, the bombing of Guernica...had witnessed the horrors of bombing in Abyssinia, described what was done at Durango...ensured that he would be expelled from Abyssinia a week after the victorious forces of...
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Great Powers Paid Price for 'Peace': History Shows That the Pacifist Movement of the 1930s Ultimately Helped to Usher in the Horror of World War II by Allowing Rogue Nations to Rise to Power Unabated

Magazine article by Stephen Goode; Insight on the News, Vol. 19, April 1, 2003

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Churchill, Winston--Political activity, Hitler, Adolf, Pacifism--History, Pacifism--Influence, World War II, 1939-1945--Causes of

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...Japan. In October 1935, Italy invaded Abyssinia (present-day Ethiopia), creating...opinion was outraged when Italy attacked Abyssinia. Here was a modern European country...could in no way match Italys firepower. Abyssinia was a member of the League of Nations...

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Newspaper Articles on: abyssinia

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The Weekly Dish

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 28, 2003

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...hed be quite happy to do without. The Abyssinia precedent A wonderful reminiscence by...France, bungled Mussolinis conquest of Abyssinia. Deedes was alive and kicking as a journalist...when Mussolini launched his attack on Abyssinia. Britains eagerness to set in motion...
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Chance Meeting Turned Painter into Diplomat; LOCAL HISTORY How Is It That a Small Corner of a Foreign Field in Faraway Egypt Remains Forever Staffordshire?

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), September 16, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...India and Ceylon and (for Salt) into Abyssinia, at that time little known by the English...was seeking to win over the Emperor of Abyssinia to its side in the endless diplomatic...not get to meet him. But it was not to Abyssinia that Henry Salts life would principally...
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Deedes, a Man of Many Parts; Boot of the Daily Beast: Bill Deedes Back in Africa, Where He Cut His Teeth as a Foreign Correspondent in the Thirties. the Mischievous Grin Was Rarely Absent

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 17, 2008

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Deedes, Bill

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...length and breadth of the life ofreporting Abyssinia with Evelyn Waugh in 1936, the heroic...aboutthe reporter he most admired in Abyssinia, and I suspect found intimidating...reporting the bombing ofGuernica but in Abyssinia he also showed his mettle. "He was...
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Wars I Have Been in - and Kept out Of

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 7, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...jail for doing so. Then the Italians invaded Abyssinia. I had no idea where Abyssinia was, or what the conflict was all about. It...friends taking leave of one another would say Abyssinia, meaning Ill be seeing you. And Mussolini...
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Go Greens; as a Chemical Engineer, Lena Korres Knows a Thing or Two about the Beauty Biz. Brand Development Director Is the Latest of Her Many Roles within the Korres Group, Which Has Opened Its First Welsh Store in Cardiff's St David's. the Greek Skincare Goddess Gives Lydia Whitfield the Lowdown on Getting the Mediterranean Look

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), March 16, 2010

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Cosmetics, Engineers, Retail stores, Skin care equipment and products, Skin care products, Stores, Toiletries industry

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...to complete the sun-kissed effect. I finish off with the Abyssinia Oil Volumising mascara in brown and the Cherry Oil lip gloss...Mens Absinthe Shave Cream pounds 16,www.korres.com 7. Abyssinia mascara Brown 02, pounds 14,pounds 16,www.korres...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: abyssinia

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Abyssinia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

ABYSSINIA ab isin ey : see Ethiopia . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Rassam, Hormuzd

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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...he identified and partially excavated the site of Sippar. He wrote Narrative of the British Mission to Theodore, King of Abyssinia (1869) and Asshur and the Land of Nimrod (1897). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...
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Ethiopia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...according to ancient Egyptian texts. The Egyptian name for Ethiopians was Habashat, which is the probable origin of the name Abyssinia. According to tradition, the Ethiopian kingdom was founded (10th cent. b.c.) by Solomons first son, Menelik I, whom...
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Beke, Charles Tilstone

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...languages and dialects. He wrote Origines Biblicae (1834), The Sources of the Nile (1860), and The British Captives in Abyssinia (1865). His Discoveries of Sinai in Arabia and of Midian appeared posthumously, and his widow published (1874) a summary...
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Slavery

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...This was supplemented by the even more significant Brussels Act of 1890, to which 18 states were signatory. The emperor of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) was unable to prevent traffic from that land to Arabia, and a brisk trade went on over the Red Sea. International...

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