Ethiopia: history, culture and challenges

Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa Culture contact between Europe and Northeast Africa / Siegbert Uhlig The mystery of Ethiopia / Haggai Erlich "The most populated mountain" : and introduction / Alain Gascon Land and environment Geology and geomorphology / Alain Gascon Climate / Alain Gascon, Jon Abbink Ecology and environment / Alfons Ritler Ethiopian biomes / Ib Friis Wild flora / Ib Friis Cultivated flora / Zemede Asfaw Fauna / Afework Bekele, Maija Priess Agriculture / Manfred Metz Peoples : Introduction / Jan Abbink Languages of Ethiopia / David Appleyard Tegray / David Appleyard, Wolbert G.C. Smidt Amhara / Harald Aspen Beta Esrael / Steven Kaplan Oromo / Ezekiel Gebissa Peoples of northwest Ethiopia: Beni Shangul-Gumuz / Alexander Meckelburg Gurage and Selte / Dirk Bustorf Hadiyya / Ulrich Braukämper Sidaama / Anbessa Teferra Somali / Markus Höhne Walaytta / Jon Abbink Mursi (Mun) / Shauna La Tosky Hamar (Amer, Hamer) / Ivo Strecker

History Palaeontology and prehistory / Jean Renaud Boisserie Pre-Aksumite culture / Rodolfo Fattovich Aksumite culture / Rodolfo Fattovich History of Aksum / Alessandro Bausi Aksum, town and monuments / Matthew C. Curtis The Zagwe / Alessandro Bausi Solomonic dynasty / Steven Kaplan Kingdom and city of Gondar / Andreu Martinez d'Alòs-Moner The era of princes / Éloi Ficquet The Ethiopian empire under Tewodros II and Yohannes IV / Bairu Tafla Emperor Menilek II / Christopher Clapham Emperor Hayla Sellase and his era / Asfa-Wossen Asserate Ethiopia after the fall of the emperor / Stefan Brüne Selected chronology of Ethiopian history Material culture The houses / Harald Aspen, Peri Klemm Ethiopian handicrafts / Peri Klemm Coinage and currency in Ethiopia / Wolfgang Hahn Clothing / Michael Gervers Food / Steven Kaplan Coffee / Éloi Ficquet Salt / Wolbert G.C. Smidt Chat / Andras Wetter

Intellectual culture Writing and script / Rainer Voigt Manuscript tradition / David Appleyard Ge'ez literature / David Appleyard Amharic literature / Magdalena Krzyanowska Oromo literature / Giorgio Banti Oral literature / Simone Tarsitani Christian calendar / Emmanuel Fritsch, Ugo Zanetti Islamic calendar / Alessandro Gori Oromo calendar / Marco Bassi Traditional painting / Marilyn Heldman, Tania Tribe Contemporary art / Elisabeth Biasio Music / Kay Kaufman Shelemay Musical instruments / Stéphanie Weisser Ethiopia and Eritrea in ltierature / Giovanna Trento Religion History and faith of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church / Getachew Haile Organization of the Ethiopian Church / Stéphane Ancel Customs in the Ethiopian Church / Steven Kaplan Hagiography and monasticism in the Ethiopian Church / Antonella Brita Islam in Ethiopia / Alessandro Gori Islam and Islamic reforms / Terje Østebø Interfaith relations between Christianity and Islam in Ethiopia / Éloi Ficquet Missions / Andreu Martinez d'Alòs-Moner Protestant churches / Johannes Launhardt Rastafari / Giulia Bonacci

Society and politics

Pan-Africanism / Giulia Bonacci, Belete Belachew

Political systems of Ethiopia / Dereje Feyissa

Legal systems of Ethiopia / Katrin Seidel

Modern economy of Ethiopia / Mulatu Wubneh

Modern education of Ethiopia / Theodore M. Vestal

Ethiopian health care systems / Pino Schirripa

Media and communications / Julian Tadesse

Sports in Ethiopia / Katrin Bromber

Recent developments

Ethiopia and its neighbouring states: Djibouthi, Eritrea, Somalia, South Sudan / Nicole Hirt, Stefan Brüne

Ethiopia's developmental state / Sarah Vaughan

Emigration and diaspora / Edward A. Alpers, Giulia Bonacci

Poverty eradication in Ethiopia / Mulatu Wubneh

Internal and external security: Ethiopian aspects / Mesfin Gebremichael

Chances and challenges for Ethiopia's development / Claas Knoop

Travelling and sightseeing

Travel and exploration in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa / Andreu Martinez d'Alòs-Moner

Tourism in Ethiopia / Shauna La Tosky, Echi Christian Gabbert

Museums in Ethiopia / Wolbert G.C. Smidt

Addis Ababa / Peter Garretson, Steven Kaplan

Historic route / Verena Böll

Lalibala / Maija Priess

Meqele / Wolbert G.C. Smidt

Gondar and surrroundings / Andreu Martinez d'Alòs-Moner

Baher Dar / Seltene Seyoum, Maija Priess

Afar / Wolbert G.C. Smidt

Harar / Ewald Wagner

National parks / Alain Gascon

Glossar of selected names and terms

The Ge'ez script

Index of principal names and terms.