Word: ethiopian
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...great outstanding feature of the history of Ethiopia was that the Ethiopian cultural unit stood as an outpost of Egyptian civilization in Middle Africa," writes Professor Reisner. He shows that Ethiopia had become thoroughly Egyptianized while it was under the sway of Egypt, and the Egyptian influence, though gradually diminishing, remained dominant for hundreds of years. During the Meroitic kingdom,--the period when Meroe was the capital,--Professor Reisner finds that several times Egyptian influences on Ethiopian culture were reintroduced and the Egyptian arts and crafts were revived, possibly through the importation of Egyptian craftsmen. The Ethiopians, however, were...
Professor Reisner's work has been of the greatest value to history and science. Not only has he revealed and carefully recorded the history, character, and customs of the ancient and little-known Ethiopian race; he has also thrown light on a more famous people, the Egyptian, and made important contributions to the art of the world by his discoveries of ancient statues and tomb-relics. His methods and his results have brought him due renown; Harvard is proud to have him working under her name...