AFRS 300 Lecture Notes - Semitic Languages, Euphrates, South Arabia
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Introduction to african civilization by john g. jackson: pg. 1st millennium: prior to the beginning of the christian era. Invaders from southern arabia established a kingdom in northern ethiopia with the capital at axum. Habashan (abyssinians) were the founders of axum (confirm with another source) 6th to 14th century: christian ethiopians (axum) were almost constantly engaged in war with muslims of the north and pagans of the south. , during this time ethiopia (axum) was conspicuously absent from historical record. Debate around ethiopian cultural origins: some argue that ethiopian (axum) culture was entirely of semitic origin. pg. 268: semitic refers to a family of languages that includes hebrew, arabic, and. Bc and is contained in the dedication to the pagan goddesses nauran and ishtar. I cant find any data about the goddess nauran. Ishtar is an important akkadian goddess of war and sex.
