Economic Stagnation in Ethiopia, 1500-1800

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CFEE

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Jeudi 29 Mars 2018 - 15:00

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29 Mars 2018

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30 Mars 2018

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Economic history
Ethiopia

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Anglais

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Afrique

TERRAIN/FIELDWORK : Economic Stagnation in Ethiopia, 1500-1800
by Mengistie Zewdu Tessema

Mengiste Zewdu is a Master student at the department of History and Heritage Management, Debre Berhan University. His main research interest is the economic history of Ethiopia. He reports here on research conducted in 2017 with the support of a CFEE grant.

My research primarily employs written sources which have direct nexus with the period of my study. These written documents consist mainly of foreign travelers’ accounts, chronicles, and other scholarly historical works of the period understudy. These source materials are mainly available in the libraries of CFEE and Institute of Ethiopian Studies at Addis Ababa University. I summarize here various historical sources surveyed in the aforementioned libraries and also from Debre Berhan University’s postgraduate library.

Studies about the economic history of Ethiopia have been launched since the 1960s. The studies are pioneered by Richard Pankhurst, who has published various articles and books on the components of Ethiopian economy, mainly agriculture and trade. The first book, An Introduction to the Economic History of Ethiopia from Early Times to 1800, was his interesting contribution that investigates the economy of medieval Ethiopia. In addition to the works of Pankhurst, the works of Donald Crummy and Moderchai Abir on agriculture and trade respectively are also noticeable. The works of Merid Wolde Aregay on land tenure, agricultural productivity, trade, and society and technology seem very sounding contributions on the economy of medieval Ethiopia.

The aim of this study is assessing: how had the medieval Ethiopian economy failed to transform itself into a developed economy? And why were the basic sectors of the economy: agriculture, trade and technology unable to cooperate and bring a significant change in the economic life of the period understudy? Factors that had greatly hindered the development of these basic sectors of the economy will also be given due emphasis in this study.

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