The Zagwe period is believed to be the richest and most artistic period of Ethiopian civilization since the conversion of Ezana though its achievements have been virtually consigned to obscurity. One of the ideologica...The Zagwe period is believed to be the richest and most artistic period of Ethiopian civilization since the conversion of Ezana though its achievements have been virtually consigned to obscurity. One of the ideological weapons which aggravated its obscurity is arguably the deep-rooted allegiance of the Kδbra Nagast to the Solomonic Dynasty. Contemporary researchers on Kδbra Nagast seem to have underestimated the ideological onslaught of the Kδbra Nagast on the Zagwe period that Agaw contribution to the medieval Ethiopian civilization has been virtually shrouded in mystery. Thus, expatriate and compatriot authorities on the medieval Ethiopian cultural history are called upon to demystify the obscurity of the Zagwe period, thereby, to reconstruct the unsung contributions of Agaw civilization with intellectual profundity and inquiry.展开更多
文摘The Zagwe period is believed to be the richest and most artistic period of Ethiopian civilization since the conversion of Ezana though its achievements have been virtually consigned to obscurity. One of the ideological weapons which aggravated its obscurity is arguably the deep-rooted allegiance of the Kδbra Nagast to the Solomonic Dynasty. Contemporary researchers on Kδbra Nagast seem to have underestimated the ideological onslaught of the Kδbra Nagast on the Zagwe period that Agaw contribution to the medieval Ethiopian civilization has been virtually shrouded in mystery. Thus, expatriate and compatriot authorities on the medieval Ethiopian cultural history are called upon to demystify the obscurity of the Zagwe period, thereby, to reconstruct the unsung contributions of Agaw civilization with intellectual profundity and inquiry.
