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| | |  Agaw: Encyclopedia - Cushitic languagesThe Cushitic languages are a subgroup of the Afro-Asiatic languages, named after the Biblical figure Cush by analogy with Semitic. They are spoken in the Horn of Africa. The most prominent language is Oromo with about 35 million speakers, followed by Somali (in Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Kenya) with about 20 million speakers, Sidamo (in Ethiopia) with about 2 million speakers, and Afar (in Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Djibouti) with about 1.5 million speakers. It is divided into the following subgroups, as per Joseph Greenberg, as mod ...
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| | | | Agaw: Encyclopedia II - Zara Yaqob - Zara Yaqob's reign Upon the death of Emperor Dawit, his older brother Tewodros ordered Zara Yaqob confined on Amba Geshen. Despite this, Zara Yaqob's supporters was a perennial candidate for Emperor due to the rapid succession of Emperors over the next 20 years, which removed all of his older brothers, leaving only underage sons who could not command the loyalty of the court, and left him as the oldest qualified candidate.4
Although he became Emperor in 1434, Zara Yaqob was not crowned until 1436 at Axum, where he resided for three years.5 It was an accepted practice of Ethiopian rulers to postp ...
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| | | | Agaw: Encyclopedia II - Horn of Africa - History
Horn of Africa - Ancient history.
The Kingdom of Aksum was an African state located in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Yemen that thrived between the 3rd and 11th centuries. Due to the Horn's strategic location, it has been used to restrict access to the Red Sea in the past.
The region was also a source of biological resources during the Antiquity: The ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans sent expeditions to the region for frankincense, myrrh, dragon's blood or cinnabar and took these commodities back along the Incense Route. Therefore the Romans called this region Regio Aromatica.
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| | | | Agaw: Encyclopedia II - History of Ethiopia - The Period of the Princes This era was, on one hand, a religious conlict between settling Muslims and traditional Christians, between nationalities they represented, and on the other hand between feudal lords on power over the central government.
Two phases can be distinguished: 1706-69 and 1769-1855.
Some historians date the murder of Iyasu I, and the resultant decline in the prestige of the dynasty, as the beginning of the Ethiopian Zemene Mesafint or "Era of the Princes" (a time of disorder when the po ...
See also:History of Ethiopia, History of Ethiopia - Earliest History, History of Ethiopia - The Axumite Kingdom, History of Ethiopia - The Ethiopian Dark Ages, History of Ethiopia - Portuguese Influence, History of Ethiopia - The Period of the Princes, History of Ethiopia - Leaving the Medieval World, History of Ethiopia - Interactions with European Colonial Powers, History of Ethiopia - Modern History, History of Ethiopia - Additional Reading, History of Ethiopia - Notes Read more here: » History of Ethiopia: Encyclopedia II - History of Ethiopia - The Period of the Princes |
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| | | | Agaw: Encyclopedia II - Zara Yaqob - Zara Yaqob and the Ethiopian church At the time Zara Yaqob assumed the throne, the Ethiopian church had been divided over the issue of the Sabbath, for roughly a century. One group, loyal to the Egyptian bishops, believed that the Sabbath should only observed on one day; another group, the followers of Ewostatewos, believed with their founder that both Saturday and Sunday should be observed.
He was successful in persuading two recently arrived Egyptian bishops, Mikael and Gabriel, to accept a compromise aimed to restore harmony with the House of Ewostatewos, as the foll ...
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| | | | Agaw: Encyclopedia II - History of Ethiopia - Portuguese Influence Under the Solomonid dynasty, the chief provinces became Tigray (northern), Amhara (central) and Shewa (southern). The seat of government, or rather of overlordship, has usually been in Amhara, the ruler of which, calling himself nəgusä nägäst (king of kings, or emperor), has exacted tribute, when he could, from the other provinces. The title of nəgusä nägäst has been to a considerable extent based on the blood in ...
See also:History of Ethiopia, History of Ethiopia - Earliest History, History of Ethiopia - The Axumite Kingdom, History of Ethiopia - The Ethiopian Dark Ages, History of Ethiopia - Portuguese Influence, History of Ethiopia - The Period of the Princes, History of Ethiopia - Leaving the Medieval World, History of Ethiopia - Interactions with European Colonial Powers, History of Ethiopia - Modern History, History of Ethiopia - Additional Reading, History of Ethiopia - Notes Read more here: » History of Ethiopia: Encyclopedia II - History of Ethiopia - Portuguese Influence |
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| | | | Agaw: Encyclopedia II - History of Ethiopia - The Ethiopian Dark Ages About 1000 (presumably c 960), a non-Christian princess, Judith, conceived the design of murdering all the members of the royal family, and of establishing herself in their stead. According to legends, during the execution of the royals, an infant heir of the Axumite monarch was carted off by some faithful adherents, and conveyed to Shewa, where his authority was acknowledged, while Judith reigned for forty years over the res ...
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| | | | Agaw: Encyclopedia II - History of Ethiopia - Leaving the Medieval World Under the Emperors Tewodros II (1855 - 1868), Yohannes IV (1872 - 1889), and Menelek II (1889 - 1913), the kingdom began to emerge from its medieval isolation.
Emperor Tewodros II was born Lij (= Mr) Kassa in Kwara, a small district of Western Amhara, in 1818. His father was a small local chief, and his uncle Ras Kinfu was governor of the districts of Dembea, Qwara and Chelga between Lake Tana and the undefined northwestern frontier. On the death of his uncle he was made chief of Kwara. He turned his attention to conquering the remaining chief divisions of the ...
See also:History of Ethiopia, History of Ethiopia - Earliest History, History of Ethiopia - The Axumite Kingdom, History of Ethiopia - The Ethiopian Dark Ages, History of Ethiopia - Portuguese Influence, History of Ethiopia - The Period of the Princes, History of Ethiopia - Leaving the Medieval World, History of Ethiopia - Interactions with European Colonial Powers, History of Ethiopia - Modern History, History of Ethiopia - Additional Reading, History of Ethiopia - Notes Read more here: » History of Ethiopia: Encyclopedia II - History of Ethiopia - Leaving the Medieval World |
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| | | | Agaw: Encyclopedia II - Horn of Africa - Ecology The Horn of Africa is a UNESCO's Biodiversity Hotspot and one of the two entirely arid ones. However the Horn of Africa suffers largely from overgrazing and only 5% of its original habitat still remains. On Socotra, another great threat is the development of infrastructure.
Horn of Africa - Fauna.
About 220 mammals are found in the Horn of Africa. Among threatened species of the region, we find several antelopes such as the beira, the dibatag, the silver dikdik and the Speke’s gazelle. Other remarkable s ...
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| | | | Agaw: Encyclopedia II - History of Ethiopia - Portuguese Influence Under the Solomonid dynasty, the chief provinces became Tigray (northern), Amhara (central) and Shewa (southern). The seat of government, or rather of overlordship, has usually been in Amhara, the ruler of which, calling himself negus negusti (king of kings, or emperor), has exacted tribute, when he could, from the other provinces. The title of negus negusti has been to a considerable extent based on the blood in the veins of the claimant. All the emperors have based their claims on their direct descent from Solomon and the que ...
See also:History of Ethiopia, History of Ethiopia - Earliest History, History of Ethiopia - The Axumite Kingdom, History of Ethiopia - The Ethiopian Dark Ages, History of Ethiopia - Portuguese Influence, History of Ethiopia - The Period of the Princes, History of Ethiopia - Leaving the Medieval World, History of Ethiopia - Interactions with European Colonial Powers, History of Ethiopia - Modern History, History of Ethiopia - Additional Reading, History of Ethiopia - Notes Read more here: » History of Ethiopia: Encyclopedia II - History of Ethiopia - Portuguese Influence |
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| | | | Agaw: Encyclopedia II - History of Ethiopia - The Ethiopian Dark Ages About 1000, a non-Christian princess, Judith, conceived the design of murdering all the members of the royal family, and of establishing herself in their stead. During the execution of the nobles, the infant king was carted off by some faithful adherents, and conveyed to Shewa, where his authority was acknowledged, while Judith reigned for forty years over the rest of the kingdom, and transmitted the crown to her descendants.
At one point in the next century, the last of Judith's successors were overthrown by an Agaw named Mara Takla ...
See also:History of Ethiopia, History of Ethiopia - Earliest History, History of Ethiopia - The Axumite Kingdom, History of Ethiopia - The Ethiopian Dark Ages, History of Ethiopia - Portuguese Influence, History of Ethiopia - The Period of the Princes, History of Ethiopia - Leaving the Medieval World, History of Ethiopia - Interactions with European Colonial Powers, History of Ethiopia - Modern History, History of Ethiopia - Additional Reading, History of Ethiopia - Notes Read more here: » History of Ethiopia: Encyclopedia II - History of Ethiopia - The Ethiopian Dark Ages |
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| | | | Agaw: Encyclopedia II - History of Ethiopia - The Axumite Kingdom Main article: Kingdom of Aksum
The first verifiable kingdom of great power to rise in Ethiopia was that of Axum in the first century CE. The Persian religious figure Mani listed Axum with Rome, Persia, and China as one of the four great powers of his time. The origins of the Axumite Kingdom are unclear, although experts have offered their speculations about it. Even whom should be considered the earliest known king is contested: although C. Conti Rossini proposed that Zoskales, mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea ...
See also:History of Ethiopia, History of Ethiopia - Earliest History, History of Ethiopia - The Axumite Kingdom, History of Ethiopia - The Ethiopian Dark Ages, History of Ethiopia - Portuguese Influence, History of Ethiopia - The Period of the Princes, History of Ethiopia - Leaving the Medieval World, History of Ethiopia - Interactions with European Colonial Powers, History of Ethiopia - Modern History, History of Ethiopia - Additional Reading, History of Ethiopia - Notes Read more here: » History of Ethiopia: Encyclopedia II - History of Ethiopia - The Axumite Kingdom |
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| | | | Agaw: Encyclopedia II - History of Ethiopia - The Period of the Princes This bitter religious conflict contributed to hostility toward foreign Christians and Europeans, which persisted into the 20th century and was a factor in Ethiopia's isolation until the mid-19th century, when the first British mission, sent in 1805 to conclude an alliance with Ethiopia and obtain a port on the Red Sea in case France conquered Egypt. The success of this mission opened Ethiopia to many more travellers, missionaries and merchants of all countries, and th ...
See also:History of Ethiopia, History of Ethiopia - Earliest History, History of Ethiopia - The Axumite Kingdom, History of Ethiopia - The Ethiopian Dark Ages, History of Ethiopia - Portuguese Influence, History of Ethiopia - The Period of the Princes, History of Ethiopia - Leaving the Medieval World, History of Ethiopia - Interactions with European Colonial Powers, History of Ethiopia - Modern History, History of Ethiopia - Additional Reading, History of Ethiopia - Notes Read more here: » History of Ethiopia: Encyclopedia II - History of Ethiopia - The Period of the Princes |
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| | | | Agaw: Encyclopedia II - History of Ethiopia - Leaving the Medieval World Under the Emperors Tewodros II (1855 - 1868), Yohannes IV (1872 - 1889), and Menelik II (1889 - 1913), the kingdom began to emerge from its medieval isolation.
Emperor Tewodros II was born Lij (= Mr) Kassa in Kwara, a small district of Western Amhara, in 1818. His father was a small local chief, and his uncle Ras Kinfu was governor of the districts of Dembea, Qwara and Chelga between Lake Tana and the undefined northwestern frontier. On the death of his uncle he was made chief of Kwara. He turned his attention to conquering the remaining chief divisions of the ...
See also:History of Ethiopia, History of Ethiopia - Earliest History, History of Ethiopia - The Axumite Kingdom, History of Ethiopia - The Ethiopian Dark Ages, History of Ethiopia - Portuguese Influence, History of Ethiopia - The Period of the Princes, History of Ethiopia - Leaving the Medieval World, History of Ethiopia - Interactions with European Colonial Powers, History of Ethiopia - Modern History, History of Ethiopia - Additional Reading, History of Ethiopia - Notes Read more here: » History of Ethiopia: Encyclopedia II - History of Ethiopia - Leaving the Medieval World |
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| | | | Agaw: Encyclopedia II - Horn of Africa - Geography and climate The Horn of Africa, almost equidistant from the Equator and the Tropic of Cancer, is an arid region.
Socotra is a small island off the coast of Somalia, in the Indian Ocean, that is considered to be part of Africa. Its size is 3,600 square km. It is a territory of Yemen, the southernmost country on the Arabian peninsula.
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| | | | Agaw: Encyclopedia II - History of Ethiopia - Modern History In 1930, after the empress died, Ras Tafari Makonnen, adopting the throne name Haile Selassie, was crowned emperor. His reign was interrupted in 1936 when Italian Fascist forces invaded and occupied Ethiopia (they first invaded on October 2, 1935, took the capital Addis Ababa on May 5 and formally annexed Ethiopia on May 9). The emperor was forced into exile in England despite his plea to the League of Nations for intervention. Five years later, the Italians were defeated by British and Eth ...
See also:History of Ethiopia, History of Ethiopia - Earliest History, History of Ethiopia - The Axumite Kingdom, History of Ethiopia - The Ethiopian Dark Ages, History of Ethiopia - Portuguese Influence, History of Ethiopia - The Period of the Princes, History of Ethiopia - Leaving the Medieval World, History of Ethiopia - Interactions with European Colonial Powers, History of Ethiopia - Modern History, History of Ethiopia - Additional Reading, History of Ethiopia - Notes Read more here: » History of Ethiopia: Encyclopedia II - History of Ethiopia - Modern History |
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