University of Melbourne

• HIST MISC

• Table of Contents Introduction to the Module 4 Unit One 7 Introduction (3 hours) 7 1.1. The Nature and Uses of History 7 1.2. Sources and Methods of Historical Study 13 1.3. The History of Historical Writing in Ethiopia and the Horn 14 1.4. The Geographical Context of Human History in Ethiopia and the Horn 20 Unit Two 25 Peoples and Cultures in Ethiopia and the Horn 25 2.1. Human Evolution 26 2.2. Neolithic Revolution 29 2.3. The Peopling of the Region 30 2.4. Religion and Religious Processes 34 Unit Three 45 Polities, Economy and Socio-Cultural Processes in Ethiopia and the Horn to the End of the 13th Century 45 3.1. Evolution of States 46 3.2. Ancient Polities 47 3.3. External Contacts 57 3.4. Economic Formations 59 3.5. Socio-cultural Achievements 60 Unit Four 66 Politics, Economy and Socio-Cultural Processes from the Late Thirteenth to the beginning of the Sixteenth Centuries (6 hours) 66 4.1. The “Restoration” of the “Solomonic’’ Dynasty 67 4.2. Power Struggle, Consolidation, Territorial and Religious Expansion of the Christian Kingdom 68 4.3. Political and Socio-Economic Dynamics of Muslim Sultanates 74 4.4. Rivalry between the Christian Kingdom and the Muslim Sultanates 76 4.5. External Relations 78 Unit Five 83 Politics, Economy and Socio-Cultural Processes from Early Sixteenth to the End of the Eighteenth Centuries (10 hrs) 83 5.1. Interaction and Conflicts between the Christian Kingdom and the Sultanate of Adal 84 5.2. Foreign Interventions and Religious Controversies 89 5.3. Population Movements 91 5.4. Interaction and Integration across Ethnic and Religious Diversities 102 5.5. Peoples and States in Eastern, Central, Southern and Western Regions 104 5.6. The Period of Gondar (1636-1769) and Zemene-Mesafint / Era of the Princes (1769-1855) 115 Unit Six 125 3 Internal Interactions and External Relations in Ethiopia and the Horn, 1800-1941 (10 hours) 125 6.1. The Nature of Interactions among Peoples and States of Ethiopia and the Horn 126 6.2. Power Rivalry 131 6.3. The Making of Modern Ethiopian State 133 6.4. Modernization Attempts 138 6.5. Socio-Economic Issues/Developments 141 6.6. External Relations: Challenges and Threats 145 Unit Seven 159 Internal Developments and External Relations, 1941–1994 (5 hours) 159 7.1. Post-1941 Imperial Period 161 7.2. The Derg Regime (1974-1991) 182 7.3. Historical Developments, 1991-4