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Originally Posted by gualbert
Alright.
But do Ethiopians have a History?
I mean, stories written by people who were alive and/or involved when they occured?
Otherwise, that's archaeology rather than history (not that any of them is necessarily right or wrong-true or false).
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Imperial Ethiopia.org/history
the first sentence of the Wiki entry sums it up rather concisely saying, "
Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in
Africa, with one of the longest recorded histories in the world."
Ethiopia pops up in written history and archeological records from Europe to China, as far back as 1500 BC. They were a major world power allied with Rome from 200BC-700AD, and controlled the trade with Asia and Europe along the Red Sea through out that period. If it was not for the Eurocentric model of history, Ethiopia would be a central figure in the current historiography of the world.
And yes, this is a continuous civilization, relatively unbroken for 3000 plus years, it is not strictly archeology, though I think you meant a dead or lost civilization, because archeology explains current societies, not just lost or abandoned.