Wonderful Ethiopians Of The Ancient Cushite Empire by Drusilla Dunjee Houston
Tracing the Origin of the Civilizations of the Ancient World to Africa
A passionate, revisionist history that assembles Ethiopian chronicles, classical writings, oral traditions, and archaeological evidence to portray the ancient Cushite civilization of northeast Africa as a sophisticated, long-lived culture whose rulers, monumental architecture (including pyramids and temples), religious systems, and literary and political institutions shaped the region’s history; the work argues against Eurocentric distortions by reclaiming indigenous African agency, leadership, and contributions to early civilization.
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- Published
- 1985
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 156
- Original Language
- English
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