02931nam 2200589 a 450 991078698310332120230515235139.00-19-933384-X0-19-933367-X(CKB)2670000000368790(EBL)1207932(OCoLC)852756818(SSID)ssj0000888269(PQKBManifestationID)12466085(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000888269(PQKBWorkID)10847821(PQKB)10307235(MiAaPQ)EBC1207932(Au-PeEL)EBL1207932(CaPaEBR)ebr10715664(CaONFJC)MIL493486(EXLCZ)99267000000036879020130611d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThrone of Adulis[electronic resource]Red Sea wars on the eve of Islam /G.W. BowersockOxford, England ;New York Oxford University Pressc20131 online resource (204 p.)Emblems of AntiquityDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-973932-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Maps and Illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; Timeline; PROLOGUE; Chapter One: THE THRONE; Chapter Two: A CHRISTIAN TRAVELER IN THE RED SEA; Chapter Three: PTOLEMY'S ELEPHANTS; Chapter Four: THE KINGDOM OF AXUM; Chapter Five: CHRISTIANITY COMES TO AXUM; Chapter Six: JUDAISM COMES TO HỊMYA R; Chapter Seven: THE ETHIOPIAN INVASION OF 525; Chapter Eight: ENTRY OF THE GREAT POWERS; Chapter Nine: RECKONING; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; Y; ZJust prior to the rise of Islam in the sixth century AD, southern Arabia was embroiled in a violent conflict between Christian Ethiopians and Jewish Arabs. Though little known today, this was an international war that involved both the Byzantine Empire, which had established Christian churches in Ethiopia, and the Sasanian Empire in Persia, which supported the Jews in what became a proxy war against its longtime foe Byzantium. Our knowledge of these events derives largely from an inscribed marble throne at the Ethiopian port of Adulis, meticulously described by a sixth-century Christian merchaEmblems of antiquity.JewsYemen (Republic)ḨimyarHistory6th centuryḨimyar (Yemen)HistoryNLIArabian PeninsulaHistoryTo 622Aksum (Kingdom)HistoryNLIJewsHistory939.49Bowersock G. W(Glen Warren),1936-765158MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786983103321Throne of Adulis3865106UNINA