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Summary:

"This revisionary account of the Oromo people and the Christian kingdom of Ethiopia transforms our perception of the country's development, rebutting the common depiction of the Oromo as no more than a destructive force and demonstrating their significant role in shaping the course of Ethiopian history. Tracing the early history of the Oromo as part of the Cushitic language speaking family of peoples, it establishes that they were neither foreigners nor newcomers to Ethiopia, but have been an integral part of the indigenous population since at least the first half of the 14th century. The massive 16th-century pastoral Oromo population movement revolutionized relations between the Christians and the Oromo. During the long process of assimilation that followed, with periods of both war and peace in central and southern Ethiopia, Oromo society was able to absorb and assimilate Cushitic and Semitic language speakers and Oromize them through the open, democratic and egalitarian Gada system; while in northern Ethiopia the Oromo themselves were absorbed into Christian Amhara society."--Back cover.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Early Interactions among the Oromo, Christian and Muslim Peoples: Traditions and Institutions
• Oromo Peoples in the Medieval Christian Kingdom of Ethiopia before 1500
• The Homelands of the Pastoral Oromo before 1500
• The Pastoral Oromo Confront the Christian expansion c.1440s-1559
• Movements of Pastoral Oromo into the Christian Kingdom 1559-1600
• Abba Bahrey's Zenahu Le Galla and its Impact on Emperor Za-Dengel's War against the Oromo 1603-1604
• The Oromo and the Christian Kingdom 1600-1618
• Oromo Christianization, Conflict and Identity 1618-1700
• Epilogue.

Author/Creator:

Hassen, Mohammed , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The Oromo and the Christian Kingdom of Ethiopia: 1300-1700 [by Hassen, M.]

Related Series:

Eastern African studies (London, England)

Alternate Titles:

Cover title: Oromo & the Christian Kingdom of Ethiopia: 1300-1700

Subjects:

Oromo (African people) — History

Cushites — Ethiopia — History

Ethiopia — History — To 1490

Ethiopia — History — 1490-1889

To 1889

Cushites

Oromo (African people)

Ethiopia

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-365) and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

DT390.G2 H37 2015eb

ISBNs:

9781782045809
1782045805
9781847011176 [Invalid]
1847011179 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

922925388

Other Control Numbers:

1072431 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp12633610