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The Ethiopian Empire, also formerly known by the exonym Abyssinia, or simply known as Ethiopia, was a sovereign state that historically encompasses the geographical area of present-day Ethiopia and Eritrea from the establishment of the Solomonic dynasty by Yekuno Amlak approximately in 1270 until the 1974 coup d'etat by the Derg, which ...
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- Yekuno Amlak
Yekuno Amlak's descendants, the Ethiopian emperors of the...
- Sultanate of Shewa
The Makhzumi dynasty also known as Sultanate of Shewa or...
- Abyssinia (Disambiguation)
Abyssinia is a historical name for the Ethiopian Empire....
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- Menelik II
Menelik II (Ge'ez: ዳግማዊ ምኒልክ dagmawi mənilək; horse name...
- Timeline of the Ethiopian Empire
This is chronological list about the Ethiopian Empire, an...
- Army of the Ethiopian Empire
The Army of the Ethiopian Empire was the principal land...
- Territorial evolution of Ethiopia
The Zagwe dynasty emerged and ruled until 1270, when...
- Ethiopian–Adal War
The Ethiopian Empire, or simply Ethiopia, also known as Abyssinia by foreigners, was an empire in East Africa. It used to include modern day Ethiopia and Eritrea. When it was biggest, it controlled some parts of Egypt, Sudan, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia. The official state religion of the empire was Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.
After the collapse of Aksum in 960, the Zagwe dynasty ruled the north-central parts of Ethiopia until being overthrown by Yekuno Amlak in 1270, inaugurating the Ethiopian Empire and the Solomonic dynasty, claimed descent from the biblical Solomon and Queen of Sheba under their son Menelik I.
