![]() ![]() The Ethiopian empire embraced literate feudal Amharic noblemen as well as simple Kaffa cultivators and Galla pastoralists. Indeed, there were striking contrasts within any given geographical area. ![]() There are marked contrasts between the Ethiopian empire and the hunting groups of pygmies in the Congo forest or between the empires of the Western Sudan and the Khoisan hunter-gatherers of the Kalahari Desert. ![]() “The African continent reveals very fully the workings of the law of uneven development of societies. One of his arguments here is to point out how much more advanced the Ethiopian empire was in comparison to for example the Khoisan hunter-gatherers. He also provides a really great commentary on uneven development between various African societies in this time period. The first sections of the book focus on various African societies prior to colonialism and their development. ![]()
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