History of Ethiopia - The Axumite Kingdom - Article Index

Encyclopedia - History Of Ethiopia: 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. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ethiopia: 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 represente...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ethiopia: 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, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ethiopia: 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,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ethiopia: 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 i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ethiopia: 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 interru...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ethiopia: 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 i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ethiopia: 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 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ethiopia: 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,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ethiopia: 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 an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ethiopia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ethiopia - Earliest History
Ethiopia has seen human habitation for longer than almost anywhere else in the world, with modern homo sapiens perhaps evolving there. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ethiopia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ethiopia - Interactions With European Colonial Powers
Ethiopia stands with Liberia as one of the two places in Africa which were never colonized by European powers (if one excludes the brief ...   » Read the article