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 ...

Ethiopia's history began with the Kingdom of D'mt in the 10th Century BCE, followed by the Aksum Empire around 100 CE, which expanded from Nubia to Arabia. After the collapse of Aksum, the Zagwe ...

Introduction / Samantha Kelly -- Before the Solomonids: crisis, Renaissance and the emergence of the Zagwe dynasty (seventh-thirteenth centuries) / Marie-Laure Derat -- Territorial expansion and ...