9. Armenian Involvement in Ethiopian-Asian Trade 16th to 18th Centuries

Ethiopia’s involvement in Armenian Asian trade, between the 16th and 18th centuries, though geographically peripheral to Asia, was historically both interesting and relevant to the continent’s economic history. Armenian commercial links between Ethiopia and the East were by no means fortuitous, for they had deep roots in both history and geography. Religious Contacts The Ethiopian State was, it should be recalled, an offshoot of the ancient Aksumite Empire, which had been converted to Christi...