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Author Erlikh, Ḥagai

Title The cross and the river : Ethiopia, Egypt, and the Nile / Haggai Erlich
Published Boulder, Colo. : L. Rienner, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (x, 249 pages) : map
Contents Introduction : the crisis of the Nile -- Christianity and Islam : the formative concepts -- Medieval prime : the legacies of the Solomonians and the Mamluks -- Modern rediscovery and fatal collision -- Nationalism and mutual perceptions -- Stormy redefinitions, 1935-1942 -- From compromise to disconnection, 1945-1959 -- Ethiopian concepts of Egypt, 1959-1991 -- Egyptian concepts of Ethiopia, 1959-1991 -- Conclusion : the 1990s and the legacies of history
Summary The ongoing Egyptian-Ethiopian dispute over the Nile waters is potentially one of the most difficult issues on the current international agenda, central to the very life of the two countries. Analyzing the context of the dispute across a span of more than a thousand years, The Cross and the River delves into the heart of both countries' identities and cultures. Erlich deftly weaves together three themes: the political relationship between successive Ethiopian and Egyptian regimes; the complex connection between the Christian churches in the two countries; and the influence of the Nile river system on Ethiopian and Egyptian definitions of national identity and mutual perceptions of "the Other." Drawing on a vast range of sources, his study is key to an understanding of a bond built on both interdependence and conflict
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-236) and index
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Subject Water resources development -- Ethiopia
Water resources development -- Egypt
Islam -- Relations -- Christianity.
Christianity and other religions -- Islam.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
Christianity
Diplomatic relations
Interfaith relations
International law
Islam
Water resources development
Außenpolitik
Geschichte
Wassernutzung
Christentum
Water.
SUBJECT Ethiopia -- Foreign relations -- Egypt
Egypt -- Foreign relations -- Ethiopia
Nile River -- International status
Subject Egypt
Ethiopia
Nile River
Ägypten
Äthiopien
Nil
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1588261549
9781588261540
9781588269607
1588269604