Field and river

20th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies (ICES20)
Mekelle University, Ethiopia

"Regional and Global Ethiopia - Interconnections and Identities"
1-5 October, 2018

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DATING THE ZAGWE PERIOD: ANOTHER LOOK [Abstract ID: 0510-10]

TEKESTE Kashu Negash, Emeritus professor, Uppsala University and Dalarna University

A great deal has happened since I wrote an exploratory paper in 1993 on the Zagwe period within the context of post-Aksumite urban culture. In a slightly revised paper on the same subject published in 2006, my re-reading of Otto Neugebauer (1989) convinced me to argue that the Zagwe ruled from c. 930 to 1270 AD.In this paper I shall present the research and the debate on the chronology of the Zagwe from the early 1920s when the thesis of the short chronology (1137-1270) was first put forward until 2012, when the thesis of a longer chronology (c 930 to 1270) has become more acceptable explanation.