The Throne of Adulis : Red Sea Wars on the Eve of Islam
G.W. Bowersock
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Oxford : : Oxford University Press, USA, , 2013.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (204 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; Maps and Illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; Timeline; PROLOGUE; Chapter One: THE THRONE; Chapter Two: A CHRISTIAN TRAVELER IN THE RED SEA; Chapter Three: PTOLEMY'S ELEPHANTS; Chapter Four: THE KINGDOM OF AXUM; Chapter Five: CHRISTIANITY COMES TO AXUM; Chapter Six: JUDAISM COMES TO HỊMYA R; Chapter Seven: THE ETHIOPIAN INVASION OF 525; Chapter Eight: ENTRY OF THE GREAT POWERS; Chapter Nine: RECKONING; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; Y; Z. - Just prior to the rise of Islam in the sixth century AD, southern Arabia was embroiled in a violent conflict between Christian Ethiopians and Jewish Arabs. Though little known today, this was an international war that involved both the Byzantine Empire, which had established Christian churches in Ethiopia, and the Sasanian Empire in Persia, which supported the Jews in what became a proxy war against its longtime foe Byzantium. Our knowledge of these events derives largely from an inscribed marble throne at the Ethiopian port of Adulis, meticulously described by a sixth-century Christian mercha
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| Emner | Christianity and other religions - Judaism
Jews - History - Yemen (Republic) - òHimyar Judaism - Christianity - Relations Aksum (Kingdom) -- History -- 6th century. Vis mer... Arabian Peninsula -- History -- To 622.
Christianity and other religions -- Judaism -- History -- 6th century. Himyar (Yemen) -- History -- 6th century. Jews -- Yemen (Republic) -- ?imyar -- History -- 6th century. Judaism -- Relations -- Christianity -- History -- 6th century. Red Sea Region -- History -- 6th century. 500-tallet Aksum Arabia Historie History & Archaeology Islam Jemen Kristendom Middle East Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East Religion Religionskrig |
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| ISBN | 9780199739325
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