Historical Dictionary Of Ethiopia
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Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia
Author | : David H. Shinn,Thomas P. Ofcansky |
Publsiher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 692 |
Release | : 2013-04-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780810874572 |
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The Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia, Second Edition covers the history of Ethiopia through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has several hundred cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Ethiopia.
Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia
Author | : Thomas P. Ofcansky,David H. Shinn |
Publsiher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 698 |
Release | : 2004-03-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0810865661 |
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Ethiopia is one of the world's oldest countries; its Rift Valley may be the location where the ancestors of humankind originated more than four million years ago. With a population of 67 million people today, it is the third most populous country on the African continent after Nigeria and Egypt. It is the source of 86 percent of the water reaching the Aswan Dam in Egypt, most of it carried by the amazing Blue Nile. Ethiopia offers major historical sites such as the pre-Christian palace at Yeha, the stele and tombs of the old Kingdom of Axum, and the rock-carved churches of Lalibela. For anyone interested in Ethiopia, this historical dictionary, through its individual and carefully cross-referenced entries, captures the importance and intrigue of this truly significant African nation. Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia appeals to all levels of readers, providing entries for each of Ethiopia's 85 ethnic groups and covering a broad range of cultural, political, and economic topics. Readers interested in the cultural aspects or who are planning to visit Ethiopia will find a wealth of entries on art, literature, handicrafts, music, dance, bird life, geography, and historic tourist sites. Practitioners in government and non-governmental organizations will find entries on pressing economic, social, and political issues such as HIV/AIDS, female circumcision , debt, human rights, and the environment. The important historical role of missionaries and the combination of conflict and cooperation between Christians and Muslims in the region are also issues reviewed. And, finally, many of the entries highlight relations between Ethiopia and her neighbors-Eritrea, Somalia, Somaliland, Djibouti, Kenya, and Sudan. In the bibliography, considerable emphasis has been placed on including both new and old materials covering all facets of Ethiopia, organized for easy identification by areas of major interest.
Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia and Eritrea
Author | : Chris Prouty,Eugene Rosenfeld |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 656 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : UOM:39015032974571 |
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Rapid change both worldwide and in Ethiopia necessitated this revised edition. Contains considerable material on Eritrea as well as Ethiopia.
Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia
Author | : David Hamilton Shinn,Thomas P. Ofcansky |
Publsiher | : Historical Dictionaries of Africa |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Ethiopia |
ISBN | : 0810871947 |
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Ethiopia is clearly one of the most important countries in Africa. First of all, with about 75 million people, it is the third most populous country in Africa. Second, it is very strategically located, in the Horn of Africa and bordering Eritrea, Sudan, Kenya, and Somalia, with some of whom it has touchy and sometimes worse relations. Yet, its capital - Addis Ababa - is the headquarters of the African Union, the prime meeting place for Africa's leaders. So, if things went poorly in Ethiopia, this would not be good for Africa, and for a long time this was the case, with internal disruption rife, until it was literally suppressed under the strong rule of the recently deceased Meles Zenawi. The Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia, Second Edition covers the history of Ethiopia through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has several hundred cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Ethiopia.
Historical Dictionary of Eritrea
Author | : Dan Connell,Tom Killion |
Publsiher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 688 |
Release | : 2010-10-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780810875050 |
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The history of Eritrea is told in this reference through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 500 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, events, places, organizations, and other aspects of Eritrea's history from the earliest times to the present. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Eritrea.
Historical Dictionary of Yemen
Author | : Robert D. Burrowes |
Publsiher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 616 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Yemen (Republic) |
ISBN | : 9780810855281 |
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A small and extremely poor Islamic country, Yemen is located on the edge of the Arab world in the southernmost corner of the Arabian Peninsula. It was the product of the unification of the Yemen Arab Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen in May 1990. The location of the two Yemens on the world's busiest sea-lane at the southern end of the Red Sea where Asia almost meets Africa gave them strategic significance from the start of the age of imperialism through the Cold War. More vital today is the fact that Yemen shares a long border with oil-rich Saudi Arabia and is a key to efforts both to spread and to end global revolutionary Islam and its use of terror. The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Yemen has been thoroughly updated and greatly expanded. Through its list of acronyms and abbreviations, a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 800 cross-referenced dictionary entries, greater attention has been given to foreign affairs, economic institutions and policies, social issues, religion, and politics.
Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea Bissau
Author | : Peter Karibe Mendy,Richard A. Lobban Jr. |
Publsiher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 643 |
Release | : 2013-10-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780810880276 |
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Guinea-Bissau is a small country in West Africa, and yet it managed to wrest its independence from Portugal back in 1973, at the cost of a long and bitter struggle against seemingly implacable odds. This was a time to be proud of, and there was also a moment about two decades ago, when it looked like a trendsetter for democracy. Since then things have gone seriously wrong, with a collapsing infrastructure, a dilapidated economy and a political stage prone to military coups d’etats. This fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of Guinea-Bissau tells the long and sometimes unpleasant story. However, like all the country historical dictionaries, it tells it several times and in several ways. First, the chronology traces the history of what became Guinea-Bissau, and this over a period of centuries and not just decades. Then the introduction recounts that history again, providing more insight and understanding, and conveys a good idea of how things are going now. The details follow in the dictionary section with entries on important persons, places, institutions, and events among other things. And the bibliography points to further reading.
Historical Dictionary of Djibouti
Author | : Daoud Aboubaker Alwan,Yohanis Mibrathu |
Publsiher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0810838737 |
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Established as a country a little more than a century ago, born as an independent republic in June 1977, Djibouti is among the youngest as well as the smallest states in Africa. Yet its strategic location at the crossroads of the maritime trade routes between Africa, Asia and Europe turned this tiny spot on the world map into a vital player in twentieth century geopolitics. This historical dictionary has been conceived not as a history book but as a reading grid for the major historical items that are still molding the country's social, political and economic life.