Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of Aksum: Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of Aksum
The Kingdom of Aksum (or Axum), was an important trading nation in northeastern Africa, growing from ca. 5th century BC to become an impo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of Aksum: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingdom Of Aksum - Foreign Relations And Economy
Aksum traded with India and Rome (later Byzantium, a strong cultural influence on Aksum), exporting ivory, tortoise shell, gold and emera...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of Aksum: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingdom Of Aksum - Foreign Relations And Economy
Aksum traded with India and Rome (later Byzantium, a strong cultural influence on Aksum), exporting ivory, tortoise shell, gold and emera...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adulis: Encyclopedia - Adulis
Adulis is an archeological site in Eritrea, about 30 miles south of Massawa. It was the port of the Kingdom of Aksum, located on the coas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Axum: Encyclopedia - Axum
Axum, properly Aksum, is a city in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, located at 14°07.475′N 38°43.975′E near the base of the Adoua mountai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kings Of Axum: Encyclopedia Ii - Kings Of Axum - Kings During The Zenith Of The Kingdom Of Axum
The following based on S.C. Munro-Hay, Aksum (Edinburgh: University Press, 1991), pp. 67f inscriptions mention his son BYGT (vocalized as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethiopia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethiopia - History
The Kingdom of Aksum, the first verifiable kingdom of great power to rise in Ethiopia, rose during the first century AD. The Persian reli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethiopia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethiopia - History
The Kingdom of Aksum, the first verifiable kingdom of great power to rise in Ethiopia, rose during the first century AD. The Persian reli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Horn Of Africa: 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 betwee...   » Read the article

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 - Ethiopia: Encyclopedia - Ethiopia
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Amharic ኢትዮጵያ Ityopp'ya) is a country situated in the Horn of Africa. It has one o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethiopia: Encyclopedia - Ethiopia
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Amharic ኢትዮጵያ Ityopp'ya) is a country situated in the Horn of Africa. It has one o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adulis: Encyclopedia Ii - Adulis - History
Pliny the Elder is the earliest writer to mention Adulis (N.H. 6.34), who misunderstood the name of the place, and thought its name meant...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Calendar - Months
Each month has either 29 or 30 days, but usually in no discernible order. Traditionally, the first day of each month was the day (beginni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethiopia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethiopia - History
The Kingdom of Aksum, the first verifiable kingdom of great power to rise in Ethiopia, rose during the first century AD. The Persian reli...   » 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 - Ethiopia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethiopia - History
The Kingdom of Aksum, the first verifiable kingdom of great power to rise in Ethiopia, rose during the first century AD. The Persian reli...   » 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 - Ethiopia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethiopia - Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Ethiopia Ethiopia's population is highly diverse. Most of its people speak a Semitic or Cushitic language. ...   » 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 - Ethiopia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethiopia - Culture
Main article: Culture of Ethiopia In April 2005, the Axum obelisk, one of Ethiopia's religious and historical treasures, was returned to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Horn Of Africa: 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 co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Horn Of Africa: 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 f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethiopia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethiopia - Economy
Main article: Economy of Ethiopia Ethiopia remains one of Africa's poorest nations: many Ethiopians rely on food aid from abroad. After t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethiopia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethiopia - Geography
Main article: Geography of Ethiopia Ethiopia is 1,127,127 km² in size, and is the major portion of the Horn of Africa, which is the east...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Calendar - Forbidding Intercalary Months
In the ninth year after the Hijra, Muslims believe God forbade the intercalary month. This is expressed in the Qur'an (9:36-37): The numb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Calendar - Names Of The Islamic Months
Islamic Months Muharram Safar Rabi' al-awwal Rabi' al-thani Jumada al-awwal Jumada al-thani Rajab Sha'aban Ramadan Shawwal Dhu al-Qi'dah...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethiopia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethiopia - Regions
Main article: Subdivisions of Ethiopia Ethiopia has been divided by the EPRDF into 9 ethnically-based administrative regions (kililoch; s...   » 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 - Ethiopia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethiopia - Politics
Ethiopia This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Ethiopia President Prime Minister Political parties in Ethiopia ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adulis: Encyclopedia Ii - Adulis - Archeological Excavations
Adulis was one of the first Axumite sites to undergo excavation, when a French mission to Ethiopia under Vignaud and Petit performed an i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethiopia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethiopia - Economy
Main article: Economy of Ethiopia Ethiopia remains one of Africa's poorest nations: many Ethiopians rely on food aid from abroad. After t...   » 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

Encyclopedia - Ethiopia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethiopia - Geography
Main article: Geography of Ethiopia Ethiopia is 1,127,127 km² in size, and is the major portion of the Horn of Africa, which is the east...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethiopia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethiopia - Regions
Main article: Subdivisions of Ethiopia Ethiopia has been divided by the EPRDF into 9 ethnically-based administrative regions (kililoch; s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethiopia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethiopia - Politics
Ethiopia This article is part of the series: Politics of Ethiopia President Prime Minister Political parties in Ethiopia Elections in Et...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethiopia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethiopia - Culture
Main article: Culture of Ethiopia In April 2005, the Axum obelisk, one of Ethiopia's religious and historical treasures, was returned to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethiopia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethiopia - Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Ethiopia Ethiopia's population is highly diverse. Most of its people speak a Semitic or Cushitic language. ...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - Kingdom Of Aksum: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingdom Of Aksum - Society Structure
The Aksumite people represented a mix of Cushitic speaking people in Ethiopia and Semitic speaking people in southern Arabia, who settled...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of Aksum: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingdom Of Aksum - Society Structure
The Aksumite people represented a mix of Cushitic and Semitic speaking people in Ethiopia and southern Arabia. The Aksumite kings had the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of Aksum: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingdom Of Aksum - Cultural Achivements
The Kingdom of Aksum developed its own alphabet (Geez or Ge'ez). Under King Ezana, the kingdom adopted Christianity in place of its forme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of Aksum: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingdom Of Aksum - Cultural Achievements
The Kingdom of Aksum developed its own alphabet (Geez or Ge'ez). Under King Ezana, the kingdom adopted Christianity in place of its forme...   » Read the article