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Aksum Aksum
Aksum or Axum , town (1994 pop. 27,148), Tigray region, N Ethiopia. Aksum was the capital of an empire (c.1st-8th cent. AD) that controlled much of what is now N Ethiopia. In the 4th cent. the emperor Ezana was converted to Christianity, and today Aksum is a major center of Ethiopian... Read more
Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie
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Adwa Adwa
Adwa , Aduwa, or Adowa , Ital. Adua, town (1994 pop. 24,519), Tigray region, N Ethiopia. Lying on the highway between Aksum and Adigrat, Adwa is an agricultural trade center. Adwa was the most important commercial center of Tigray in the 19th cent., but declined in the 1870s as a result of... Read more
Ethiopian Jews Ethiopian Jews
ETHIOPIAN JEWS Jews of Ethiopia, many of whom have emigrated to Israel. In Ethiopia, the Jews referred to themselves as Beta Israel (the House of Israel) but were most commonly known as Falashas (wanderers, outsiders). In Israel, these same people call themselves Ethiopian Jews,... Read more
Ethiopic Ethiopic
Ethiopic , extinct language of Ethiopia belonging to the North Ethiopic group of the South Semitic (or Ethiopic) languages, which, in turn, belong to the Semitic subfamily of the Afroasiatic family of languages (see Afroasiatic languages ). Ethiopic (also called Geez or classical Ethiopic) ceased... Read more
Ogaden Ogaden
Ogaden , region, SE Ethiopia, bordering on Somalia. It is an arid region, inhabited mainly by Somali pastoral nomads. The region was conquered by Menelik II of Ethiopia in 1891. A clash (Dec. 5, 1934) between Italian and Ethiopian troops at the watering hole of Welwel in the Ogaden was used as a... Read more
Australopithecus Australopithecus
Australopithecus , an extinct genus of the hominid family found in Africa between about 4 and 1 million years ago. At least seven species of australopithecines are now generally recognized, including Australopithecus afarensis, A. africanus, A. bahrelghazali, A. anamensis, A. boisei, A.... Read more
Ethiopia Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, republic (2005 est. pop. 73,053,000), 471,776 sq mi (1,221,900 sq km), NE Africa. It borders on Eritrea in the north, on Djibouti in the northeast, on Somalia in the east and southeast, on Kenya in the south, and on Sudan in the west. ... Read more
Horn of Africa Horn of Africa
Horn of Africa peninsula, NE Africa, opposite the S Arabia Peninsula. Also known as the Somali Peninsula, it encompasses Somalia and E Ethiopia and is the easternmost extension of the continent, separating the Gulf of Aden from the Indian Ocean. The term Horn of Africa is also used for the... Read more
Menelik II Menelik II
Menelik II , 1844-1913, emperor of Ethiopia after 1889. He was originally ras (ruler) of Shoa (central Ethiopia). After the death (1868) of Emperor Tewodros II, Menelik, with Italian support, gained strength steadily. He seized the throne after Emperor Johannes IV died. In 1889, Menelik concluded... Read more

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Chief rabbis to visit pope
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post ...by the Vatican, which authorities dismiss as nonsense. "There's much more chance of the ark of the covenant being in Ethiopia [where a site reported to be holding it is said to be guarded day and night] than in Rome," said Rabbi David Rosen...
'Aftonbladet' to Neve Gordon
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post ...Donald Bostrom "reported" in the mass...Scarborough Evening News reported fresh UFO sightings...Orthodox Church of Ethiopia would soon announce the location of the Ark of the Covenant, noting that some...between UFOs and the ...
Ethiopian Police Fire on Demonstrators
News Wire article from: AP Online ...gunfire Friday in Ethiopia's capital, as...Demonstrations were reported in several neighborhoods...hospitals also reported receiving six more...being too close to Ethiopia's ruling party...replicas of the Ark of the ...
Faber signs book about witchcraft written by vicar.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: M2 Best Books ...befriending Raphah, a teenager from Ethiopia who has left his homeland in pursuit of a fragment of the Ark of the Covenant stolen from his tribe. Taylor...then sold the rights to Faber, reported The Independent.

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