The Aksumite civilization was founded by people who had crossed the Red Sea from South Arabia. But various historians have pointed out that there was a thriving civilization present in the highlands of Northern Ethiopia by the time the Semitic people of South Arabia arrived. Before I proceed to preparing for questions raised by readers, I felt the need to explain the sprit behind this column and thereby to make clear certain doubts entertained by some of us. I have presented this concern by way of discussing on themes of History and Knowledge. The activity of mankind takes place in time and space.
History is the study of the activity of mankind in the past.
It is not as such a study of time. Yes, but what he writes is not the recreation of the past, rather creation of meaning, knowledge of the past. All knowledge in the past is not History, and all History is not knowledge. History should be a scientific knowledge, and what makes it scientific is the use of a correct method. This method is controllable, free from internal contradiction, and based on critical observation of documents.