Century England, a dark-skinned saint with a promiscuous past became a boundary-breaking cultural and religious icon. A new ...

and explore the rich history in Gondar’s medieval castles. Dive into the vibrant culture of Addis Ababa and sip the world’s finest coffee at its birthplace. Ethiopia promises adventures that ...

his scholarship profoundly influenced African and European learning through intellectual exchanges along trade routes, underscoring the interconnected medieval world.

From its origins in medieval Ethiopia and Yemen, through the coffeehouses of the Middle East and Europe, to its central importance to soldiers during the American Civil War, this episode traces ...

A strong coastal power was the Sidis of Janjira, who were African Muslims, while the Peshwa of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate for 26 years was the legendary military general Malik Ambar, an Ethiopian slave.

She keeps a strict focus on the reigns of three emperors—Akbar, Jahangir, and Shah Jahan—and the “House of Books” they presided over, which she describes as resembling a medieval European ...

Washington University associate professor Helina Solomon Woldekiros will discuss how plant and animal products shaped the culinary landscape and religious practices of medieval Ethiopia.

living in “Ethiopia”—a name Romans used to describe various parts of Africa west and south of Egypt. These deeply rooted beliefs lasted for centuries, with many medieval scholars and theologians ...

Located on the horn of Africa, Djibouti is a small country between Somalia and Ethiopia. It has roughly 1.1 million people ... It is mostly German-speaking. In medieval history, Liechtenstein had ...

There has long been a great fascination with the Medieval period of history. Thousands of stories, whether historical or fantastical, are set or based during this era. It is an era that has been ...