Download or read book A History of Ethiopia: Volume I (Routledge Revivals) written by E. A. Wallis Budge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This, the first volume of Sir E. A. Wallis Budge’s The History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia, first published in 1928, presents an account of Ethiopian history from the earliest legendary and mythic records up until the death of King Lebna Dengel in 1540. Using a vast range of sources – Greek and Roman reports, Biblical passages, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and Ethiopian chronicles – an enthralling narrative history is presented with clarity. This reissue will be of particular interest to students of Ancient Egyptian culture, religion and history.