Land and Society in the Christian Kingdom of Ethiopia
Subtitle: From the Thirteenth to the Twentieth Century
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: June 6, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780252024825
Subjects: African history; 20th century; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Control Of Land; Public Policy; History; History - General History; History: World; Africa - East - Ethiopia; Anthropology - Cultural; Political History; History / Africa; Africa - General; Handicapped; Sociology - Rural; Ethiopia; Land tenure; Political aspects; Social aspects; Social conditions
First sentence: From the late thirteenth to the late twentieth century, the Solomonids, a dynasty of kings claiming descent from the biblical king Solomon and queen of Sheba, played a leading role in the political history of Ethiopia.