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A Raid That Was Never About Expansion: How Islamic Civil Wars Shaped the Aksumite Raid on Jeddah (702 CE)
TL;DR The Aksumite raid on Jeddah in 702 CE has long been misread as an act of African imperial ambition.
The Blood of the Highlands: How the Alid Tax Forged the Sword of Adal
TL;DR The year 1063 CE marked a violent rupture in the Horn of Africa, where the fragile peace between the Makhzumi Sultanate and the Zagwe Kingdom…
The Mountain and the Gate: How the Alids and Makhzumids Split the Horn of Africa
TL;DR In the turbulent landscape of the 9th and 10th centuries, the Islamic presence in the Horn of Africa fractured into two distinct and opposing…
Golden Crosses and Gunpowder: The Great Decoupling of the Horn (15th–17th Centuries)
TL;DR The geopolitical landscape of the Horn of Africa underwent a radical transformation between the 15th and 17th centuries, shifting from a delicate…
The Walashma and the Ethiopian Highlands: From Caravan Enforcers to Rival Sultanates
TL;DR The relationship between the Walashma dynasty and the Zagwe Kingdom during the 12th and 13th centuries represents one of the most consequential…

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Welcome to Samael, a daily research-intensive podcast series that conducts an "intellectual archaeology" of the Horn of Africa by synthesizing diverse disciplines such as genetics, linguistics, and mythology.
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Welcome to Samael, a daily research-intensive podcast series that conducts an "intellectual archaeology" of the Horn of Africa by synthesizing diverse disciplines such as genetics, linguistics, and mythology.
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