In the millennium after 300 BC, the western Indian Ocean emerged as a main hub of Old
World exchange. Study of this commerce long depended on separate regional …

This book is a revised and enlarged version of my PhD thesis in History (Worlds Apart
Trading Together—the organisation of long-distance trade between the Mediterranean and …

The so-called Kingdom of Aksum in northern Ethiopia and Eritrea was the dominant African
polity along the southern Red Sea in the first millennium AD. The polity emerged in central …

From 1993 to 2003 archaeological investigations were conducted on Bieta Giyorgis hill to
the northwest of Aksum by the joint project of the University of Naples 'L'Orientale'and …

Although the Gondärine period of Ethiopian history is relatively well-known due to local and
foreign historical texts, and the architectural remains of the Solomonic dynasty, little is known …

The ancient East African kingdom of Aksum gradually adopted Christianity from the early-to
mid-fourth-century reign of Ezana onwards. The well-known narrative of the late Roman …

Globalization, the decline of Western hegemony, and the rise of new political and economic
actors, particularly in East Asia, are concomitant with the emergence of more encompassing …

Ancient Egypt plays a crucial role in the history of infectious disease. An intersection for
communication and commerce, Egypt linked disparate civilizations and ecologies, allowing …

This chapter reviews the evidence, nature, and development of maritime contacts in the Red
Sea and from the Red Sea into the western Indian Ocean from the Neolithic until the start of …

This dissertation is a tripartite and interdisciplinary analysis that incorporates Egyptian
archaeology, Nubian archaeology, and Museum Studies in order to investigate object …