Abstract:Islamic networks played a critical role in the regional integration of the Ethiopian highlands to the Red Sea basin, after the eighth-century collapse of the kingdom of Axum. However, the history of Ethiopia’s earliest Islamic settlements is still poorly known. Knowledge has increased over the last two decades, with the identification of several Islamic sites with the help of the local Muslim communities’ memory. In 2018‑2019, a cluster of several ancient Muslim cemeteries was surveyed by a French-Ethiopian te… Show more
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