ISBN:
9781598842586
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (1 online resource (571 p.))
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
EBL-Schweitzer
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Milkias, Paulos Ethiopia
DDC:
963
Keywords:
Ethiopia --Economic conditions
;
Ethiopia --History
;
Ethiopia --Politics and government
;
Ethiopia --Social life and customs
;
Electronic books
;
Äthiopien
;
Geografie
;
Landeskunde
Abstract:
Cover; Contents; About the Author; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 GEOGRAPHY; Ethiopia as the Roof of Africa; Ethiopia's Geophysical Mosaic; Geology; Ethiopia as a Water Tower; Temperature; Vegetation and Land Use; Rainfall; Population Distribution and Density; Drought-Prone Zones; Rural Food Shortage and Famine; 2 HISTORY; Ethiopia: The Mystical Land of Antiquity; Ethiopia: The Cradle of Humankind; Oldest Hominid Habitat-Afar, Ethiopia; Ethiopia as the Cradle of Human Civilization; Ethiopian History: Semitist versus Africanist Paradigm; Ethiopia and the Egyptian Pharaohs
Abstract:
The Cushitic Kingdom of DamotThe Rise of Axum; Axum at the Twilight; The Restoration of the Solomonian Dynasty; The Era of the Princes; The Reign of Emperor Tewodros, 1855-1868; The Reign of Emperor Yohannes IV; Emperor Menelik and Ethiopia's Historic Victory at the Battle of Adwa; Lij Iyasu and the Vacant Throne; The Haile Selassie Period I: Ras Safari's Regency and Emperorship, 1916-1936; Fascist Invasion and the Ethiopian Resistance; The Haile Selassie Period II: 1941-1974; The Status of the Emperor in the Constitution; Japanization and Ethiopia's New Political Structure
Abstract:
The Nature of the Political System after 1941The Revised Constitution against a Backdrop of a Modernizing Feudalism; The Abortive Coup D'état of 1960; The Ethiopian Revolution of 1974; The Derg Regime; Mengistu's Ascent; Radical Civilian Parties: White and Red Terror; Guerrilla Challenge; Land to the Tiller and Mass Organizations; Ethiopian Workers' Party and Marxist Political Structure; Clout of Political Cadres; The Rise of the EPLF and TPLF; The End of the Derg and the Beginning of a New Era; 3 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS; Rise of the Ruling EPRDF; The Governing Team; Ethnic Federalism
Abstract:
Constitution and the Federal StructureDemocratization and Contemporary Ethiopian Politics; The 2005 and 2010 Elections; Regional Governments; Autonomous Urban Administrative Regions; Political Parties; Ethiopian Foreign Policy; Ethiopia and Somalia; Eritrea and Ethiopia: From War to War; 4 ECONOMY; Economic Overview; Historical Background of the Ethiopian Economy; A Sectoral Look at the Ethiopian Economy; Agriculture; Mining; Industry; Tourism; Labor; Finance; Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's Report on the Economy; 5 SOCIETY; Religion and Thought; Pre-Monotheistic Ethiopia
Abstract:
Ethiopia and the Greek ConnectionEthiopia and the Judaic Connection; The Beta-Israel; Christianity as the Official Religion of the Ethiopian Realm; Ethiopian Orthodox as the Protector of South Arabian Christians; Tewahedo Christianity during the Zagwe Dynasty; The Episode of Prester John; Ethiopian Christianity and the Solomonian Dynasty; The Ethiopian Orthodox Sects; Autocephaly; Catholicism in Ethiopia; Protestantism; Ecumenism; Ethiopia's Place in the Division between Eastern and Western Churches Today; Islam in Ethiopia; The Rise of Powerful Regional Muslim States; Ahmed Gragn's Conquests
Abstract:
Zara Yaqob and Ethiopian Philosophy in Hatata
Abstract:
Ask most Americans about Ethiopia and they will have little to offer. Yet Ethiopia is one of the oldest independent nations in Africa and one of the oldest in the world. Hominid bones dating back 4.4 million years make Ethiopia one of the earliest known locations of human ancestors
Note:
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