The Ancient Red Sea Port Of Adulis Eritrea
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The Ancient Red Sea Port Of Adulis And The Eritrean Coastal Region
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Author : Chiara Zazzaro
language : en
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports
Release Date : 2013
The Ancient Red Sea Port Of Adulis And The Eritrean Coastal Region written by Chiara Zazzaro and has been published by British Archaeological Reports this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Art categories.
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology 85. Series Editors: Laurence Smith, Brian Stewart and Stephanie Wynne-Jone.
The Ancient Red Sea Port Of Adulis Eritrea
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Author : D. P. S. Peacock
language : en
Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
Release Date : 2007
The Ancient Red Sea Port Of Adulis Eritrea written by D. P. S. Peacock and has been published by Oxbow Books Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
The port of Adulis was one of greatest significance in Antiquity. It is best known for its role in Aksumite trade during the fourth - seventh centuries AD. However it is also a major port of the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea , a sailors' hand-book of the first century AD. Not only did it offer a good harbour on the route to India, but it was a source for luxuries such as ivory, tortoise-shell and rhinoceros horn. The site was first identified by Henry Salt, in 1810, but there have always been a number of problems, both chronological and topographical with the identification. Firstly, the surface pottery is late in date and accords with Aksumitic importance rather than the Roman. Secondly, Adulis is referred to as a port, but it is today 7 km from the sea. The Periplus refers to an island approached by a causeway, which suggested to some that the site was originally at Massawa, 60 km to the north, a town which today comprises islands connected by causeways. The work of Cosmas Indicopleustes 'Christian Topography' written in the 6th Century AD mentions two other places, Gabaza and Samidi, which have never been identified. The fieldwork on which this book is based resolves these issues. It is suggested that Roman Adulis underlies the Aksumite city. Also the pottery and structures on the Galala hills to the south, show that this was almost certainly 'the site of Aksumite Gabaza. However, off the seaward end of the hills is a rock which would have been a small island in Roman times and on it was a scatter of 1st century AD Roman wine amphorae (Dressel 2-4). The Periplus tells us that ships used to moor of Diodorus Island which was connected to the mainland by a causeway, but was later moved to an island called Oreinê (hilly) for greater security. The latter can be none other than Dese which is the only hilly island in the area and on it field survey has located a fine harbour and an early Roman settlement. The remaining site, Samidi, has also been found, for 7 km north of Adulis are large stone mounds. Architectural fragments and fragments of human bone suggest that this may have been an impressive mausoleum, perhaps the burial place of the kings of Adulis.
Seafaring Expeditions To Punt In The Middle Kingdom
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Author : Kathryn A. Bard
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2018-08-13
Seafaring Expeditions To Punt In The Middle Kingdom written by Kathryn A. Bard and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-13 with History categories.
In the 12th Dynasty the Egyptian state sent seafaring expeditions to the land of Punt from a harbor on the Red Sea. Excavations at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis have uncovered well preserved evidence of this harbor and the probable location of Punt.
The Throne Of Adulis
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Author : G.W. Bowersock
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013-07-25
The Throne Of Adulis written by G.W. Bowersock and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-25 with History categories.
Leading historian G.W. Bowersock provides a narrative account of a fascinating but overlooked chapter in pre-Islamic Arabian history — the holy war between Christian Ethiopians and Jewish Arabs in the sixth century AD.
Stories Of Globalisation The Red Sea And The Persian Gulf From Late Prehistory To Early Modernity
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Author : Andrea Manzo
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2018-11-26
Stories Of Globalisation The Red Sea And The Persian Gulf From Late Prehistory To Early Modernity written by Andrea Manzo and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-26 with History categories.
This edited book collects papers on latest research conducted in the Red Sea area within the wider context of the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean connection from prehistory to the contemporary era
Aksum And Nubia
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Author : George Hatke
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2013-01-07
Aksum And Nubia written by George Hatke and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-07 with Social Science categories.
Aksum and Nubia assembles and analyzes the textual and archaeological evidence of interaction between Nubia and the Ethiopian kingdom of Aksum, focusing primarily on the fourth century CE. Although ancient Nubia and Ethiopia have been the subject of a growing number of studies in recent years, little attention has been given to contact between these two regions. Hatke argues that ancient Northeast Africa cannot be treated as a unified area politically, economically, or culturally. Rather, Nubia and Ethiopia developed within very different regional spheres of interaction, as a result of which the Nubian kingdom of Kush came to focus its energies on the Nile Valley, relying on this as its main route of contact with the outside world, while Aksum was oriented towards the Red Sea and Arabia. In this way Aksum and Kush coexisted in peace for most of their history, and such contact as they maintained with each other was limited to small-scale commerce. Only in the fourth century CE did Aksum take up arms against Kush, and even then the conflict seems to have been related mainly to security issues on Aksum’s western frontier. Although Aksum never managed to hold onto Kush for long, much less dealt the final death-blow to the Nubian kingdom, as is often believed, claims to Kush continued to play a role in Aksumite royal ideology as late as the sixth century. Aksum and Nubia critically examines the extent to which relations between two ancient African states were influenced by warfare, commerce, and political fictions.
Berenike And The Ancient Maritime Spice Route
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Author : Steven E. Sidebotham
language : en
Publisher: University of California Press
Release Date : 2019-05-07
Berenike And The Ancient Maritime Spice Route written by Steven E. Sidebotham and has been published by University of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-07 with History categories.
The legendary overland silk road was not the only way to reach Asia for ancient travelers from the Mediterranean. During the Roman Empire’s heyday, equally important maritime routes reached from the Egyptian Red Sea across the Indian Ocean. The ancient city of Berenike, located approximately 500 miles south of today’s Suez Canal, was a significant port among these conduits. In this book, Steven E. Sidebotham, the archaeologist who excavated Berenike, uncovers the role the city played in the regional, local, and “global” economies during the eight centuries of its existence. Sidebotham analyzes many of the artifacts, botanical and faunal remains, and hundreds of the texts he and his team found in excavations, providing a profoundly intimate glimpse of the people who lived, worked, and died in this emporium between the classical Mediterranean world and Asia.
The Oxford Handbook Of Maritime Archaeology
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Author : Alexis Catsambis
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2014-02
The Oxford Handbook Of Maritime Archaeology written by Alexis Catsambis and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02 with Social Science categories.
This title is a comprehensive survey of maritime archaeology as seen through the eyes of nearly fifty scholars at a time when maritime archaeology has established itself as a mature branch of archaeology.
The Red Sea From Byzantium To The Caliphate
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Author : Timothy Power
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2012
The Red Sea From Byzantium To The Caliphate written by Timothy Power and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
This book examines the historic process traditionally referred to as the fall of Rome and rise of Islam from the perspective of the Red Sea, a strategic waterway linking the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean and a distinct region incorporating Africa with Arabia. The transition from Byzantium to the Caliphate is contextualized in the contestation of regional hegemony between Aksumite Ethiopia, Sasanian Iran, and the Islamic Hijaz. The economic stimulus associated with Arab colonization is then considered, including the foundation of ports and roads linking new metropolises and facilitating commercial expansion, particularly gold mining and the slave trade. Finally, the economic inheritance of the Fatimids and the formation of the commercial networks glimpsed in the Cairo Geniza is contextualized in the diffusion of the Abbasid 'bourgeois revolution' and resumption of the 'India trade' under the Tulunids and Ziyadids. Timothy Power's careful analysis reveals the complex cultural and economic factors that provided a fertile ground for the origins of the Islamic civilization to take root in the Red Sea region, offering a new perspective on a vital period of history.
The Archaeology Of Ancient Eritrea
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Author : Peter Ridgway Schmidt
language : en
Publisher: Red Sea Press(NJ)
Release Date : 2008
The Archaeology Of Ancient Eritrea written by Peter Ridgway Schmidt and has been published by Red Sea Press(NJ) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Business & Economics categories.
This is a collection of essays exploring the contradicting paradigms of oppression and liberation in Ethiopia.