Axum — • A titular metropolitan see of ancient Christian Ethiopia Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Axum Axum † … Catholic encyclopedia
Ezana of Axum — ###@@@KEYEND@@@###Ezana of Axum (Ge ez ዔዛና ʿĒzānā unvocalized ዐዘነ ʿzn . also spelled Aezana or Aizan), was ruler of the Axumite Kingdom (c.321s – c.360) located in present day in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, Eritrea, Yemen, southern Saudi Arabia,… … Wikipedia
Wazeba of Axum — ###@@@KEYEND@@@###Wazeba (early 4th century) was a king of Axum in northeastern Africa. He is primarily known from the coins he minted during his reign. He was the first king to write the legends of his coins in Ge ez, and the only king of Axum… … Wikipedia
Eon of Axum — Eon (c.400) was a king of Axum. He is primarily known through the coins minted during his reign, where his name is written in Greek as Eon Bisi Anaaph . While bisi Anaaph is usually understood to mean man of Anaaph , Richard Pankhurst notes that… … Wikipedia
Israel of Axum — ###@@@KEYEND@@@###Israel (vocalized Ge ez እስራኤል ʾIsrāʾēl or ይስራኤል Yisrāʾēl , c.590) was a king of Axum. He is primarily known through the coins minted during his reign.The Kebra Nagast and Ethiopian historical tradition states that Kaleb had two… … Wikipedia
Aksumite Empire — The Aksumite Empire or Axumite Empire (sometimes called the Kingdom of Aksum or Axum), (Ge ez: አክሱም), was an important trading nation in northeastern Africa, growing from the proto Aksumite period ca. 4th century BC to achieve prominence by the… … Wikipedia
Emperor of Ethiopia — ንጉሠ ነገሥት ዘኢትዮጵያ Nəgusä Nägäst Emperor of Ethiopia Former Monarchy Imperial … Wikipedia
ETHIOPIA — (Abyssinia), Christian kingdom in N.E. Africa. Under Egyptian rule from 2000 B.C.E. to about 1000 B.C.E., Ethiopia (Heb. Kush) appears alongside Egypt in the Bible, sharing its prophesied doom (e.g., Isa. 20:3); Tirhakah, the pharaoh, is… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Zagwe dynasty — The Zagwe dynasty ruled Ethiopia from the end of the Kingdom of Axum at an uncertain date in the 9th or 10th century to 1270, when Yekuno Amlak defeated and killed the last Zagwe king in battle. The name of the dynasty is thought to come from the … Wikipedia
People of Ethiopia — Ethnic group group=People of Ethiopia ኢትዮጵያውያን poptime= 78 million (est.) popplace=Ethiopia: 75,067,000 (July 2006 CSA est.) Western Europe and the United States: 2,700,000 (est) langs= Amharic, Tigrinya, Oromigna, Guaragigna, Somali… … Wikipedia
