The Meaning of History and Prehistory

General Sources of History

The Writing of History

Dating in History

The Evolution of Human Beings Hominids

Australopithecines Genus Homo

Types of Genus Homo

The Neolithic Revolution

The Stone Age

The Neolithic Revolution

Branches of Paleolithic Stone Age

The Neolithic Revolution The Neolithic Revolution in the Ethiopian Region

Emergence of States Theories of the Emergence of States

Emergence of States in the Ethiopia Region and The Horn of Africa Punt

Damat People and Languages of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa Nation and Nationalities of Ethiopia

Tribe Nation Nationality

Languages of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa

Nilo-Saharan Super- Family

People and Languages of the Horn of Africa

People and languages of Africa

UNIT- TWO ANCIENT AND CLASSICAL WORLD CIVILIZATION

Kush /Meroe

Carthage

Zimbabwe

Asia Mesopotamia

The Persian Empire

India

China

The Maya

The Incas

The Aztec

Ancient Greece

Ancient Rome

Christianity

Introduction and origins of Aksum

Expansion of Aksumite Empire and the Introduction of Christianity

Trade, culture, Contribution and Christianity in Aksum

Decline and Fall of Aksum

THE RISE AND EXPANSION OF ISLAM

Major Islamic Sects

Islamic Civilization Features and Legacies Features

Islam and the Horn of Africa

Gateways of Islam in Ethiopia

STATES IN THE ETHIOPIAN REGION AND THE HORN OF AFRICA UP TO 1529 The Zagwe Kingdom

RESTORATION OF THE SOLOMONIC DYNASTY AND THE CHK

Features of the Medieval Period

Muslim States in Ethiopia

The Sultanate of Ifat

The Central and Southern States

The Kingdom of Kafa

The Kingdom of Bizamo The Kingdom of Wolayita

The Kambata The chiefdoms of Gurage The Agaw

HEGEMONY OF THE CHK IN THE ETHIOPIAN REGION & THE HORN OF AFRICA TO 1529

THE MEDIEVAL EUROPE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY CAPITALISM

FEUDALISM

THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE

THE OTTOMAN TURKISH EMPIRE

THE DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY CAPITALISM IN THE MIDDLE AGES

THE RENAISSANCE

Renaissance Achievements in Art, Literature and Science

Science

THE REFORMATION

Other Protestant Reformers and the Reformation in England

COUNTER REFORMATION

HEGEMONY OF THE CHK IN THE ETHIOPIAN REGION & THE HORN OF AFRICA TO 1529

CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE SULTANATE OF ADAL AND THE CHK

Campaigns of Imam Ahmad

THE OROMO POPULATION MOVEMENT

The Gada System

Factors for the decline of the Gada system included

CATHOLICIZATION AND CIVIL WARS

THE GONDAR PERIOD (1636-1769)

The Reign Bakkafa (r. 1721-30)