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| | |  Yekuno Amlak: Encyclopedia II - Takla Haymanot - Later careerThe first significant point in his life was when Takla Haymanot, at the age of 30, travelled north to settle at the monastery of Iyasus Mo'a, who had only a few years before founded a monastery on an island in the middle of Lake Hayq. There he studied under the abbot for nine years before travelling to Tigray, where he visited Axum, then stayed for a while at the monastery of Dabra Damo, where he studied under Abbot Yohannes, Iyasus Mo'a's spiritual teacher. by this point, a small ...
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| | | | Yekuno Amlak: 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 emeralds, and importing silk and spices. Aksum's access to both the Red Sea and the Upper Nile enabled its strong navy to profit in trade between various African (Nubia), Arabian (Yemen), and Indian states.
In the 2nd century AD, Aksum acquired tributary states on the Arabian Peninsula across the Red Sea, and conquered ...
See also:Kingdom of Aksum, Kingdom of Aksum - Geography, Kingdom of Aksum - Society Structure, Kingdom of Aksum - Foreign relations and economy, Kingdom of Aksum - Cultural achievements, Kingdom of Aksum - Bibliography Read more here: » Kingdom of Aksum: Encyclopedia II - Kingdom of Aksum - Foreign relations and economy |
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| | | | Yekuno Amlak: 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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| | | | Yekuno Amlak: Encyclopedia II - 1270s - War and politics
1270s - Europe.
1271 - July 2 - Kings Otakar II of Bohemia and Stephen V of Hungary sign the first Peace of Pressburg, settling territorial claims following the failed invasion of Hungary by Otakar II.
1272 - Charles I of Anjou, King of Naples, occupies Durres in Albania and establishes an Albanian kingdom.
1272 - King Alphonso III of Portugal eliminates the last Moorish community in Portugal at Faro.
1273 - September 29 - Rudolph I of Germany is elected King of Germany ov ...
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| | | | Yekuno Amlak: Encyclopedia II - Kebra Nagast - Early Portuguese translations One of the earliest collections of documents of Ethiopia came through the writings of Francisco Alvarez, official envoy which king Manuel I of Portugal, sent to Dawit II of Ethiopia, under Ambassador Don Rodrigo De Lima. In the papers concerning this mission, Alvarez included an account of the Emperor of Ethiopia, and a description in Portuguese of the habits of the Ethiopians, titled The Prester John of the Indies, which was printed in 1533.
In the first quarter of the 16th century, P.N. Godinho published some traditions about ...
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| | | | Yekuno Amlak: 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 emeralds, and importing silk and spices. Aksum's access to both the Red Sea and the Upper Nile enabled its strong navy to profit in trade between various African (Nubia), Arabian (Yemen), and Indian states.
In the 2nd century AD, Aksum acquired tributary states on the Arabian Peninsula across the Red Sea, and conquered ...
See also:Kingdom of Aksum, Kingdom of Aksum - Geography, Kingdom of Aksum - Society Structure, Kingdom of Aksum - Foreign relations and economy, Kingdom of Aksum - Cultural achivements, Kingdom of Aksum - Bibliography Read more here: » Kingdom of Aksum: Encyclopedia II - Kingdom of Aksum - Foreign relations and economy |
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| | | | Yekuno Amlak: Encyclopedia II - Emperor of Ethiopia - Succession Succession to the throne at the death of the monarch could be claimed by any male blood relative of the Emperor: sons, brothers, uncles or cousins. As a result, two steps were taken: the first, employed on occasion before the 20th century, was to intern all of the Emperor's possible rivals in a secure location, which drastically limited their ability to disrupt the Empire with revolts, or to dispute the succession of an heir apparent; the second was that, with increasing frequency, Emperors were selected by a council of the senior o ...
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| | | | Yekuno Amlak: Encyclopedia II - 1270 - Events
1270 - Europe.
December - Crucial aspects of the philosophy of Averroism (itself based on Aristotle's works) are banned by the Catholic church in a condemnation enacted by papal authority at the University of Paris.
The Summa Theologiae, a work by Thomas Aquinas that is considered within the Roman Catholic Church to be the paramount expression of its theology, is completed (year uncertain).
Witelo translates Alhazen's 200-year-old treatise on optics, Kitab al-Manazir, from Ar ...
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| | | | Yekuno Amlak: Encyclopedia II - 1270s - Culture
1270s - Science literature and industry.
1270 - Witelo translates Alhazen's 200-year-old treatise on optics, Kitab al-Manazir, from Arabic into Latin, bringing the work to European academic circles for the first time.
1270 - The Sanskrit fables known as the Panchatantra, dating from as early as 200 BCE, are translated into Latin from a Hebrew version by John of Capua.
1271 - Marco Polo departs from Venice with his father and uncle on his famous journey to Kublai Khan's China.
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| | | | Yekuno Amlak: 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 ...
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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| | | | Yekuno Amlak: 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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