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t. e. Ethiopia is a federation subdivided into ethno-linguistically based regional states ( Amharic: plural: ክልሎች kililoch; singular: ክልል kilil; Oromo: singular: Naannoo; plural: Naannolee) and chartered cities (Amharic: plural: አስተዳደር አካባቢዎች astedader akababiwoch; singular: አስተዳደር አካባቢ ...
Description. 1270-1875. Flag of The Ethiopian Empire. A horizontal tricolour of Yellow, Red and Green. 1875-1881. Flag of The Ethiopian Empire. A horizontal tricolour of red, white and purple with the Lion of Judah superimposed at the center. Early version of the post-1897 flag.
Menelik II ( Ge'ez: ዳግማዊ ምኒልክ dagmawi mənilək [nb 1]; horse name Abba Dagnew ( Amharic: አባ ዳኘው abba daññäw ); 17 August 1844 – 12 December 1913), baptised as Sahle Maryam (ሣህለ ማርያም sahlä maryam) was king of Shewa from 1866 to 1889 and Emperor of Ethiopia [nb 2] from 1889 to his death in 1913. At ...
lit. "Our master" (pl.) Tewodros II ( Ge'ez: ዳግማዊ ቴዎድሮስ, once referred to by the English cognate Theodore; baptized as Kassa, c. 1818 – 13 April 1868) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1855 until his death in 1868. His rule is often placed as the beginning of modern Ethiopia and brought an end to the decentralized Zemene Mesafint ...
An Itege ( Amharic: እቴጌ ’ətēgē) was an Empress Consort. This refers to the wives of reigning emperors. Empresses were generally crowned as consorts by the emperor at the Imperial Palace. However, Taytu Betul, consort of Menelik II, became the first Itege to be crowned by the Emperor at church rather than at the Palace.
The Ethiopian Empire, [a] also formerly known by the exonym Abyssinia, or simply known as Ethiopia, [b] was a sovereign state [16] 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 ...
t. e. Menelik II leading his army before the Battle of Adwa. The military history of Ethiopia dates back to the foundation of early Ethiopian Kingdoms in 980 BC. Ethiopia has been involved in many of the major conflicts in the horn of Africa, and was one of the few native African nations which remained independent during the Scramble for Africa ...
