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In addition to pre-colonial nigerian architecture, it seems ridiculously hard to come across decent examples of pre-modern Ethiopian architecture as well. I'm particularly looking for architecture of the medeival period and the Aksum period. Online, I find almost NOTHING but the same photos of the Axum obelisks, or the same few rock-hewn churchs from the medeival period. Where can I look for more?

And as a note on the medeival period, I remember once reading that the first european contacts to Ethiopia found it on a similar level of development to medeival europe- but where's all the architecture? And isn't it true that much of pre-modern Ethiopia's population was nomadic or something? Or was that just the capital?

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Bumping, because this needs more discussion. Thankfully, a good look at the churchs of lalibela was posted over here: http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=15;t=001000
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Why do you capitalize Ethiopia but not Nigeria? What's your reason for that?
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quote:
Originally posted by Herukhuti:
Why do you capitalize Ethiopia but not Nigeria? What's your reason for that?

There's no reason, I guess. I just did. Why does that even matter?
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It doesn't matter. I just noticed you repeat the pattern.
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