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Topic: King of Shoa

	SHOA - LoveToKnow Article on SHOA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Shoa from about the middle of the loth century till nearly the close of the i3th century was the residence of the Abyssinian sovereigns, who had been driven out of Axum, their former capital.
		About 1528 Shoa was conquered by Mahommedan invaders and was for over a century afterwards a prey to Galla raiders.
		In 1889 Menelek II., king of Shoa, on the death of the emperor John, made himself master of the whole of Abyssinia.
	9.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SH/SHOA.htm (189 words)

	MENELEK II. - LoveToKnow Article on MENELEK II. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		(SAHALA MARIEM), emperor of Abyssinia, officially negus negusti (king of kings) of Ethiopia (1844), son of Haeli Melicoth, king of Shoa, was born in 1844, and claimed to be a direct descendant of Solomon by the queen of Sheba.
		On the death of his father in 1855 he was kepta prisoner at Gondar by Kassai, the governor, who had seized the throne under the title of Theodore III.
		But having succeeded in effecting his escape he was acknowledged king of Shoa, and at once attacked the usurper.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /M/ME/MENELEK_II_.htm (744 words)

	A Confederate Soldier in Egypt: Part II, Chapter II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Shoa, a large province, is sometimes independent under its own king, who bears the traditional, hereditary name of Menelek.
		Shoa is inhabited by the same people and has the same religion and language as Abyssinia proper.
		Differences are settled among themselves by a resort to arms, though the king often interferes and decides according to his judgment.
	home.earthlink.net /~atomic_rom/soldier/csie2c2.htm (3414 words)

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		Although the kings came to have power in the begining of the eighteenth century the princes were still strong enough to exert power and have their own dominion to rule.
		Another king from the tribe of Amhara who played a huge role in the modernisation of Ethiopia is the Emperor Menelik.
		This is because of his role in shaping the history of Ethiopia as its King and statesman who brought development and prestige to his country while defending its integrity from any would be intergressor.
	www.geocities.com /ethiopiankings (2158 words)

	TIGRANES - LoveToKnow Article on TIGRANES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		King Artavasdes of Armenia was attacked by Mithradates II.
		6), and the districts of Nineveh and Arbela; the kings of Atropatene, Gordyene (the country of the Carduchi, now Bohtan), Adiabene (the former Assyria) and Osroene (Edessa) became his vassals, who attended him like slaves wherever he went; northern Mesopotamia also was torn from the Parthian Empire (Strabo xi.
		The old king now gave up all hope of resistance; he put a price on the head of Mithradates, and when Pompey advanced into Armenia and united with the younger Tigranes, he surrendered himself to the Roman general (66 B.C.).
	97.1911encyclopedia.org /T/TI/TIGRANES.htm (935 words)

	Taytu Betul - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After four failed marriages, Taytu Betul married King Menelik of Shoa, later Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia.
		When Menelik's health began to decline around 1906, Taytu began to make decisions on his behalf, angering her rivals for power through her appointment of favorites and relatives to most of the positions of power and influence.
		Widely resented for her alleged Gonderine xenephobia and nepotism, the nobility of Shoa and Tigrai, along with the Wollo relatives of the heir-to-the-throne, Lij Iyasu, conspired to remove her from state responsibility.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Taytu_Betul (552 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Abyssinia
		According to the vague traditional legend of the "Glorious memories of the Empire", or Kébrè-néghest, the dynasty of the Ethiopian kings goes back to King Solomon and Makkeda, Queen of Sheba; and by it the worship of the true God and the Mosaic law were brought to Ethiopia.
		In the sixteenth century, King Ghelaodieos found them so deeply rooted in the national habits that he tried to justify these in the eyes of the Church as purely civil customs in no way contrary to the laws of Christianity.
		At last, however, Menelik, the king of Shoa, who became Negus and was crowned in March, 1889, restored tranquility to the missions.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/01075e.htm (3702 words)

	LION OF ETHIOPIA
		In March, 1889 King Menelik of Shoa was proclaimed Emperor Menelik II, King of Ethiopia.
		The new emperor was the son of King Haile Malakot of Shoa.
		King Menelik knew that he had to stop the rases and chiefs from ruling without his authority.
	groups.msn.com /LIONOFETHIOPIA/emperormenelikii18891913.msnw (1810 words)

	tecolahagos.com - ethiopian related issues and commentary
		European visitors, who came into Shoa in the Nineteenth Century, contrasted the far greater glory and degree of sophistication of the earlier periods of Ethiopian civilization i.e., before the destruction by Gragn Mohammed, namely the periods of Zera Yacob and Libne Dingle, with that of the period of Sahle Selassie.
		By the time Sahle Selassie became King, it was already an accepted practice of court-life that the aristocracy and the nobility frequently were having bastard children by slave maids.
		What was claimed at the beginning and during the reign of Menilik, that King Sahle Selassie had acknowledged Menilik as his Grandson, was an absolute fabrication, in the same way the Royal “Genealogist” now has upgraded the status of the mother of Menilik to that of the “first Wife” of the youthful Hailemelekot.
	www.tecolahagos.com /king_sahleselassie.htm (15706 words)

	History of Ethiopia and Timeline
		With King Yekune Amlak on the throne the family-line of King Solomon was re-established.
		King Sahle Selassie, the great-great-grandfather of Haile Selassie, was King of Shoa
		Princess Zauditu became the new emperor of Ethiopia and Ras Tafari Makonen became the new king.
	www.angelfire.com /stars4/zion/history.htm (694 words)

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		This eventful evening was closed by testimonies of the king's satisfaction, in the shape of a huge pepper pie from the royal kitchen, with his commands that his children might feast; and a visit from the royal confessor, a dwarf enveloped in robes and turbans, and armed with silver cross and crosier.
		The king's master of the horse advanced at the head of his squadrons of picked household cavalry, "the flower of the Christian lances." Ayto Melkoo, their leader, was arrayed in a party-coloured vest, surmounted by a crimson Arab fleece, handsomely studded with silver jets.
		Thrice in the year the king summons his rude militia for an inroad into some of the neighbouring lands; and, as he was particularly anxious to have the presence of the embassy on this occasion, and as they conceived it to offer the best opportunity of seeing the country, they accordingly accepted the invitation.
	www.gutenberg.org /files/14778/14778-8.txt (16498 words)

	King of Shewa (from Menilek II) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		king of Shewa (or Shoa; 1865–89), and emperor of Ethiopia (1889–1913).
		It was part of the ancient city of Thebes and was the burial site of almost all the kings (pharaohs) of the 18th, 19th, and 20th dynasties (1539–1075 BC), from Thutmose I to Ramses X. Located in the hills behind Dayr al-Bahri, the 62 known tombs exhibit variety both in plan and in decoration.
		King Philip II was one of the most important figures in world history.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=4804 (853 words)

	Ethiopia -> History on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Under King Ezana, Aksum was converted (4th cent.) to Christianity by Frumentius of Tyre.
		The reunification of Ethiopia was begun in the 19th cent.
		In 1889, John was killed fighting the Mahdists, and, following a short succession crisis, the king of Shoa (who had Italian support) was crowned emperor as Menelik II.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/ethiopia_history.asp (2431 words)

	GORDON - LoveToKnow Article on GORDON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Gordon had an interesting interview with the king, but was not able to do much, as the king wanted great concessions from Egypt, and the khedives instructions were that nothing material was to be conceded.
		The king of the Belgians then asked him to take charge of the Congo Free State, and he accepted the mission and returned to London to make the necessary preparations.
		But a few days after his arrival he was requested by the British government to proceed immediately to the Sudan, To understand the reasons for this, it is necessary briefly to recapitulate the course of events in that country since Gordon had left it in 1879.
	65.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GO/GORDON.htm (5210 words)

	HIM 1930
		Haile Sellassie, King of Kings, Power of the Trinity, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, Elect of God, Defender of the Faith, 225th descendent of the dynasty born of the biblical love of the Queen of Sheba and king Solomon, was replaced by a committee of soldiers.
		King of Shoa, this event has little significance, almost a formal step on his way to the throne of the emperor.
		A King must "lead" his nation, he must read "God's will." It is important to remember, that in traditional society the king himself was understood as a manifestation and the fulfillment of prophecy, his presence alone expressed God's "text" to the people.
	him.filmplus.org /~afronord/him/1930.html (6901 words)

	Exquisite Corpse - A Journal of Letters and Life
		Since this is about a circular journey between Obock, Shoa, Harar and Zeila, allow me to explain that I went down to Tadjoura at the beginning of last year with the goal of forming a caravan to Shoa there.
		Whereas one arrives in Shoa by the Danakil road only after a journey of 50 to 60 days through a terrifying wasteland amidst a thousand dangers, Harar, in the foothills of the Ethiopian meridional mountains, is separated from the coast only by a distance easily traversed in fifteen days by caravan.
		One mustn't forget that patriotic sentiment does exist in Shoa, and with Ménélik as ambitious as he is, it's impossible that he sees neither honor or advantage in listening to the advice of strangers.
	www.corpse.org /issue_5/secret_agents/rimbaud.htm (3539 words)

	A Confederate Soldier in Egypt: Part II, Chapter III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Theodorus, the former king, who had fits of insanity, determined upon one of these occasions to storm the citadel of the devil and his imps, in due form, with cannon and shot.
		The king of Shoa dying, he annexed that province and silenced all other opposition, and for the first time in many years the sceptre of all Abyssinia was wielded by a single chief.
		Gobassie assumed all the prerogatives, and called himself King of Gondar, the ancient capital, and lived in the old palace built by the Portuguese as an evidence of his royalty.
	home.earthlink.net /~atomic_rom/soldier/csie2c3.htm (3249 words)

	Zauditu biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Zauditu was the eldest daughter of King Menelik of Shoa.
		Zauditu was summoned to the capital, and on September 27 1916, the Council of State and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church officially deposed Iyasu in favour of Zauditu.
		In 1928, after an attempt to remove Ras Tafari Makonnen from power failed, the Empress was compelled to crown her cousin "Nigus" or King.
	zauditu.biography.ms (1153 words)

	Shoa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		The House of Shoa represents the junior line of the Solomonic Dynasty of Ethiopia.
		Sahle Selassie, great-great-grandson of Sebstyanos, eshewed the style of Meridazmatch and assumed the title of King of Shoa, on succeeding his father in 1813.
		He made his escape ten years later, reached Shoa and was acclaimed as King, and eventually achieved Imperial recognition from Emperor Yohannes IV in 1878.
	4dw.net /royalark/Ethiopia/shoa.htm (408 words)

	HIM Haile Selassie / Ethiopian Man of the Millennium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		So in 1910, with the loyalty of the various armies (including Harar) and princes, Tafari, with the Shoa Amharan nobility, was able to insist that Empress Taitu devote her energies to nursing the ailing Emperor, with day-to-day management of the Empire handled by Ras Tasamma as Regent.
		It was the first occasion that an Emperor (or ruling Empress) had granted the title of Negus in the Ethiopian context; previously the title Negus had been used only by the kings of the constituent states of Ethiopia (such as the Negus of Shoa, etc.).
		Empress Zauditu, herself resentful of the growing popularity of the Regent, in 1930 “sent her husband’s sizable army against Tafari’s forces, but the army was immediately crushed and her husband killed”.
	psokolovsky.tripod.com /him.html (1463 words)

	Menelik II of Ethiopia :: by Nazret.com
		Menelik IIThe son of King Haile Melekot of Shoa (1847 - 1855), was born in 1844 in Ankober, Shoa and heir to the Shewan branch of the Solomonic Dynasty which claimed descent from King Solomon of ancient Israel, and the Queen of Sheba.
		In 1883, King Menelik married Taytu Betul, a noblewoman of Imperial blood, and a member of the leading families of the regions of Simien, Gojjam and Begemder.
		The succession now lay between the late emperor.s natural son, the Ras Mangasha, and Menelek of Shoa, but the latter was able to obtain the aliegance of a large majority of the nobility on November 4, and consecrated and Crowned as Emperor Menelik II shortly afterwards.
	www.nazret.com /history/menelik.shtml (1170 words)

	Harris on Mzilikazi
		Captain Harris's watercolour sketch of Mzilikazi (Moselekatse), whom he styled 'King of the Matabele' or 'King of the Amazooloo', is one of the classic images of a nineteenth-century African chieftain.
		The first of Harris's drawings of Mzilikazi (of which a detail is reproduced above) shows the king walking purposefully with folded arms towards the entrance of his kraal at Kapain, preceded by his herald, admired by his assembled warriors, and attended by his leading men.
		A second drawing of Mzilikazi, inscribed 'Moselekatse, King of the Matabili, Kapain, 25th October 1836', was evidently intended as a more formal portrait, made surreptitiously, and shows the king wearing the fl leathern mantle (as seen on the previous day), in which (wrote Harris) 'he looked the very beau ideal of an African chief'.
	www.trin.cam.ac.uk /users/sdk13/WCH~Mz.html (4500 words)

	Ethiopia - Ethiopian History in August (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Born 17 August,1844, Menelik is considered, by many modern history lecturers, to be the founder of the modern Ethiopian state (although it is more likely that King Amda-Tsion better deserves that title with respect to the emperial border following his successful campaigns of 1329-1332).
		He served (1865-89) as King of Shoa (Shewa) province and succeeded Yohannes IV as emperor in 1889, after a period of bitter internal struggles.
		In 1894 he granted a concession for building a railway from Addis Ababa to the French port of Djibouti.
	www.ethiopianhistory.com /august (101 words)

	article1384 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Although there were conflictive relations between the highland kings and the lowland sultans in general at various times in history, they had neighbourly co-existence and economic and trade relations.
		The subjects of His Majesty the King of Shoa may in the same way claim the protection of these authorities, both on the coast and in the various countries they may frequent".
		It ought to be noted that while the Emperor Yohannes IV and his forces were fighting against the invading Italian forces in the north, King Menelik of Shewa was concluding a treaty of alliance with the Italians in the south.
	www.telecom.net.et /~walta/conflict/articles/article1384.html (2403 words)

	King Sahela Selassie of Ethiopia (formerly Abyssinia)
		The emperor was surrounded by ceremony and protocol intended to enhance his status as a descendant of King Solomon and the
		Details on the origins of all the peoples that make up the population of highland Ethiopia were still matters for research and debate in the early 1990s.
		Menelik II was the the son of King Haile Melekot of Shoa (1847 - 1855), born in 1844 in Ankober, Shoa and heir to the Shewan branch of the Solomonic Dynasty which claimed descent from King Solomon of ancient Israel, and the Queen of Sheba.
	www.homestead.com /wysinger/sahelaselassie.html (1316 words)

	SHOA - Online Information article about SHOA
		About 1528 Shoa was conquered by See also:
		Mahommedan invaders and was for over a century afterwards a See also:
		KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /SHA_SIV/SHOA.html (204 words)

	Winning an empire. : a machine-readable transcription.
		Rohlfs is in Abyssinia, the bearer of a communication to King John from the Emperor of Germany.
		His Majesty the King of the Belgians is deserving of all honor for the support he has so wisely and generously given to this work.
		The King of the Belgians would be a most suitable president of an international commission for the regulation of the commerce and navigation of the Congo and the maintenance of order and justice on its banks.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /rbc/rbaapc/06610/06610.sgm (5139 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Gazetteer (Ship-Shon) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Shoa was formerly a kingdom and then a division of Abyssinia.
		In 1889 Menelik II, the then king of Shoa became the king of Abyssinia.
		Shoal Creek is a township in Bond County, Illinois, USA.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /GS1C.HTM (659 words)

	39. How they made the Son of SOLOMON King (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		And they made ready the ointment of the oil of kingship, and the sounds of the large horn, and the small horn, and the flute and the pipes, and the harp and the drum filled the air; and the city resounded with cries of joy and gladness.
		And they brought the young man into the Holy of Holies, and he laid hold upon the horns of the altar, and sovereignty was given unto him by the mouth of
		, for the name of a king came to him by the law.
	www.sacred-texts.com /chr/kn/kn039.htm (336 words)

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