The Ethiopian Borderlands
Subtitle: Essays in Regional History from Ancient Times to the End of the 18th Century
By: Richard Pankhurst.
Publisher: Red Sea Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Lawrenceville, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 489
Copyright date: 1997
Subjects: Ethiopia -- History -- To 1490; Ethiopia -- History -- 1490-1889
Description: This book is an historical investigative account of the history of the expanding and often nebulous borders of Ethiopia, beginning from ancient times to 1800. It deals with areas that have for years been contentious and problematic for the adjacent peoples in the region: Land of Bahr Nagash, Ifat, Adal, Fatagar, Dawaro, Bali, Damot, Gurage, Waj, Gamo, Ganz, Kafa, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [451]-467) and index.