Ethiopia and the Middle East / / Haggai Erlich.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Erlich, Haggai,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)

A comprehensive account of the Oriental and Middle Eastern dimension in Ethiopia's political history and, especially, its foreign relations.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I From Muhammad to Iyasu: Political Islam and the Uniqueness of Ethiopia -- 1 Muhammad's Message: "Leave the Abyssinians Alone" -- 2 Relations up to the Sixteenth Century: Isolation, the Nile, and Muslim Sultanates -- 3 The Trauma of Gragn and the Diplomacy of Habesh -- 4 The Beginning of Modern Times: Muhammad 'Ali and Tewodros -- 5 Yohannes, Isma'il, and the Ethio-Egyptian Conflict -- 6 Yohannes and Menelik: Between Religious Confrontation and Diplomatic Dialogue -- 7 Iyasu, the Somali Mawla, and the Demise of the Ottoman Empire -- Part II Ethiopia and Arabism: From Arslan to Nasser -- 8 The Arabs, Mussolini, and the Abyssinian Dilemma -- 9 Pan-Arabism, Arslan, and Conquered Abyssinia -- 10 Nasser, Haile Selassie, and the Eritrea Problem -- 11 Egypt's View of Ethiopia During the Nasserite Period -- 12 The Arabs, Ethiopia, and the Arabism of Eritrea -- 13 Israel and the Fall of Haile Selassie -- 14 Conclusion: The Struggle for Diversity -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book and the Author