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	Menas of Ethiopia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Menas (throne name Admas Sagad I) was negus negust ( 1559 - February 1, 1563) of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonid dynasty.
		During Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi 's invasion of Ethiopia, Menas was captured and sent to captivity in Yemen.
		Menas marched north again, but was defeated at Endarta by Yishaq; he fell back to Atronsa Maryam to regroup for another assault on Yishaq.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Menas_of_Ethiopia (268 words)

	Emperors of Ethiopia
		Ethiopia was finally only conquered, briefly, between 1936 and 1941, by Italy, not, significantly, in the 19th century "scramble for Africa," but in the age of totalitarian conquest in the 1930's.
		While Ethiopia had preserved its independence and Christian religion for centuries against Islâm, constantly enduring the depredations of Arab slavers, many, or most, of whose male victims were castrated, many foreign fls now blame and reject Christianity for the Atlantic slave trade which took their ancestors to the New World.
		Ethiopia and her religion thus receive some respect from a source that, in general, one might have expected to be relatively unaware of the country and relatively hostile to the religion.
	www.friesian.com /ethiopia.htm (1948 words)

	East Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This, the oldest occupied tegion on the planet, is a blend of lush tropics and semi-arid desert, of prairie and mountain, of seacoast and inland districts.
		The land of Ethiopia is a vast and mountainous region in northeastern Africa, with the arid plains of the Sudan to the west and the equally difficult terrain of the Harar to the east.
		In the late 400's the "Nine Saints", a group of exiled Coptic theologians, brought Coptic beliefs to Ethiopia and brought the country in communion with the Copts of Egypt and the Jacobites of Syria.
	www.hostkingdom.net /ethiopia.html (1892 words)

	Ethiopia
		No one knows whether the Coptic Christians who run Ethiopia are familiar with the Biblical account of how Egypt under Joseph and Pharaoh handled the seven good years and the seven lean years (Genesis 41).
		In the Biblical account of the Queen of Sheba's visit to King Solomon in Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 9) we are told that Her Majesty arrived with a great caravan - with camels carrying spices, large quantities of gold and precious stones.
		This indicates that Ethiopia is not as barren as its modern rulers want the world to believe.
	www.debub.net /Ethiopia%20an%20Embarrassment%20to%20Africa.htm (1301 words)

	Victoria Republics - Victoria Homes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		ETHIOPIA This is by no means complete, but does detail most of the dynasties in Ethiopia's long history.
		GOJAM A district in northwestern Ethiopia; the region around the Choke Mountains south of Lake Tana, and frontiering with the Sudan to the northwest.
		KAFFA A district in southwestern Ethiopia, the original source of the coffee bean and the basis for the name of the beverage.
	www.vrcompanies.com /kingdoms.php (1385 words)

	Background
		The aggression of belligerent Eritrea on peace loving Ethiopia is a continuation of the aggressive policy of the Government of Eritrea on its neighbors.
		It is to be noted that in order to advance their aggressive and expansionist policies against their neighbours, the Eritrean authorities have been transforming their country into a virtual military camp by training and arming the overwhelming majority of their able bodied citizens and inculcating in them racist and jingoist ideologies.
		On 12 June 1998, Ethiopia announced some precautionary measures with respect to Eritreans that were considered likely to pose a threat to national security, while at the same time stressing that peaceful Eritreans.
	www.telecom.net.et /~walta/conflict/html/background.html (2056 words)

	Nubians [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It borders Egypt to the north, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, Kenya and Uganda to the southeast, Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, and Libya to the northwest....
		Old Nubian Old Nubian is the name given to the written language used in medieval Nubia from the 8th to the 15th century A.D. It is an ancient variety of the Nubian languages, which is still spoken in the area; in particular, it is probably ancestral to the modern-day Nobiin variety.
		It was the center of the Axumite Kingdom, which emerged around the time of the birth of Jesus and declined in the 12th century due to the shift of the power center of the Ethiopian Empire further south....
	www.wikimirror.com /Nubians (4784 words)

	Cosmas Indicopleustes, Christian Topography (1897) Introduction.
		Like Herodotus of old, he was ever athirst after knowledge, and when he was unable to visit places which lay in the vicinity of his route, he made inquiries about them from such persons as knew them and could be trusted to report things truly.
		The capital of Ethiopia at that time was Axum, an important centre of commerce, and also of religion and learning.
		Here, at the request of the Governor, Cosmas, along with his friend Menas, a monk of the monastery at Raithu, copied the famous Greek inscriptions on the marble tablet and the basanite throne, which lay together outside the town on the road which led to Axum.
	www.earlychristianwritings.com /fathers/cosmas_00_2_intro.htm (4980 words)

	Rulers and Heads of State of Ethiopia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Deposed by nobles with the sanction of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church
		Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, Elect of God, King of Kings of Ethiopia
		All-Ethiopia Socialist Movement 1976 - 1991, socialist, only legal party 1976 - 1978
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Emperors_of_Ethiopia (161 words)

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		And Theodore the general and Menas the coadjutor, and Theodosius, who were agents of 173 Nicetas, informed him of the virtues of this holy man. 3.
		And Menas, who was chief of the Green Faction, and Cosmas the son of Samuel, the leader of the Blues, besieged the city of Misr and 188 harassed the Romans during the days of the Moslem.
		Now this Menas had increased the taxes of the city, which 'Amr had fixed at 22,000 gold dinars, and the sum which the apostate Menas got together was 32,057 gold dinars—he appointed for the Moslem.
	bibleprophecyrevealed.us /fordham/nikiu.html (7271 words)

	Aksum - Chs. 11-16. by Dr. Stuart Munro-Hay.
		That horses were valued possessions in at least one of the lands under Aksumite hegemony is shown by the burial of horses, in elaborate silver and jewelled harness, at the tombs of the `X-Group' monarchs at Ballana (Kirwan 1973).
		In later times in Ethiopia favourite chargers were of such importance that a leader could be named after his horse; one suggestion even relates the `Bisi'-title of the kings to their horses (Pankhurst 1961: 30, n.
		A later manifestation in the development of letters in Ethiopia was the translation of various literary works from other languages such as Greek, Arabic and Syriac into Ge`ez, with concomitant effects on the language itself.
	users.vnet.net /alight/aksum/mhak4.html (20458 words)

	Kingdoms of Africa - Ethiopia
		The partial list of rulers is largely gleaned from A History of Ethiopia, by Harold G. Marcus (University of California Press, 1994), and enlarged by notes from various sources.
		Victor Emmanuel (III of Italy) is styled "Emperor of Ethiopia".
		The Imperial line of descent is broken as a dictatorship is established in Ethiopia.
	www.kessler-web.co.uk /History/KingListsAfrica/AfricaEthiopia.htm (182 words)

	People To People (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He states his condition is common in Ethiopia and is called "Cold(s) syndrome" Can anyone give me some information about this.
		while I was in Ethiopia working as a physician I have tried and failed in convincing patients that their symptoms are not related to a hit by a cold air.
		From pure public health point of view, it will be difficult to justify free medication for all while there are many illnesses in ethiopia which are claiming comparable number of lives.
	www.peoplepeople.org /p2p/index.cfm?fuseaction=forum.answer_detail&fid=7 (5723 words)

	Cosmas Indicopleustes, Christian Topography (1897) pp. 23-90. Book 2
		On the coast of Ethiopia, two miles off from the shore, is a town called Adulê, which forms the port of the Axômites and is much frequented by traders who come from Alexandria and the Elanitic Gulf.
		The Geon, again, which rises somewhere in Ethiopia, passes through the whole of Ethiopia and Egypt, and discharges its water into our Gulf by several mouths, while the Tigrés and 76 Euphrates, which have their sources in the regions of Persarmenia, flow down to to the Persian Gulf.
		This realm, which lay between the Abyssinian highlands on the east and the Libyan desert on the west, and which was watered by the Nile and some of its affluents, was wondrously opulent, and the scat of a civilization introduced in early times from Yemen, as shown by its place-names, many of which are Sabasan.
	www.earlychristianwritings.com /fathers/cosmas_02_book2.htm (15819 words)

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		The bishop was therefore beheaded in his own city, and Menas was subjected to so severe an application of the bastinado that, though he had paid three thousand pieces of gold for his ransom, he died two or three days after he was set at liberty.
		The inhabitants of the surrounding country were struck with terror, and the monks of Atris thought to purchase their safety by delivering the fellow-countrymen who had sought refuge with them to the victorious general.
		What his personal feelings about the succession were, we do not know; but Domentianus, Menas, and the Patriarch Cyrus agreed in desiring peace with the Moslems, and their united influence with the principal men of the city was too strong for him.
	www.suscopts.org /stmaryhouston/special/entry_into_egypt/StoryOfCoptsByButcher.txt (11830 words)

	The Sixth Century
		There were Monophysite bodies in Egypt (the Copts), Ethiopia and Syria (later known as the Jacobites - see 542/43) also.
		The new patriarch of Constantinople, Menas, held a council, which convened on May 2, to confirm the deposition of Anthimus and to try the leading Monophysites in the city - Zooras, Peter of Apamena, and Severus.
		Menas, patriarch of Constantinople, and Pelagius, the papal representative, convinced Justinian to act, resulting in Justinian’s condemnation.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Pines/7224/Rick/chron6.htm (9459 words)

	Africana: Contents
		Ethiopia Minor and a geographical account of the Province of Sierra Leone (ca.
		Ethiopia Minor: a geographical description of the Province and Kingdom of the Jalofo Heathon, part I, chapter I: the location and fertility of the land, and the nature and occupations of its inhabitants, pp.
		Chapter 7: The offerings of these heathen, and the society of Menas, pp.
	digicoll.library.wisc.edu /cgi-bin/Africana/Africana-idx?id=Africana.Alvares01 (765 words)

	Dehai Message Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		If the international community under United Nation auspices seeks a genuine peace to prevail in Ethiopia, what is required is the dismemberment of this outdated old empire, and be treated with the same enthusiasms as the world once has demonstrated in solving the case of Yugoslavia Empire.
		Ethiopia is not strong enough to win this battle, and Eritreans are watching this match, and who ever wins will face Eritrea.
		Do not forget, the apartheid fascist regime of Ethiopia is spending over $1,000,0000 a month in the streets of the West to lobby (call it bribe) politicians, scholars, journalist, and all those who could lend a helping hand to win them the war or to win them “Badime” at a minimum.
	www.dehai.org /guests/aug-sept03.html (18076 words)

	Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Sana'a (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Duration of stay may be limited according to the amount of menas referred to above.
		A refusal menas that a next application may be submitted only after 1 year.
		Information on the state of visa proceedings is not passed to persons unrelated to the case and not over the telephone.
	www.y.net.ye /polemb/konsule.html (582 words)

	Boundary Conflicts and Preventive Diplomacy
		This is true even if there was, for instance, in 1999 a boundary conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, and an increase in the level of conflict between India and Pakistan.
		The main problem of the conflict was the Gadaduma wells which the British claimed from Ethiopia during their administration.
		Also, Somalia approached both Ethiopia and Kenya at the same time (not one by one as in previous attempts), thus making it difficult for one of them to hinder the other.
	wwics.si.edu /subsites/ccpdc/pubs/zart/ch2.htm (7148 words)

	RELIGIONS of Ethiopia @ Sellassie Cyber University
		The Orthodox Church of Ethiopia is sometimes thought of as a Coptic Church originating from missionary advances from Egypt, but it is rather an Orthodox Church brought to Ethiopia from Syria by two travelling Christian merchants in the fourth century.
		The church in Ethiopia survived the Islamic conquests.
		Ethiopian tradition says that Christianity came to Ethiopia at the beginning of the 4th century AD when two young students named Frumentius and Aedesius were forcibly taken from their boat and introduced to the royal court at Axum.
	filmplus.org /him/page19.html (3613 words)

	The Patriarchate of Alexandria Down the Centuries
		Maximinus, Diocletian's successor, proved to be just, as ruthless an opponent of Christianity as his predecessor had been issuing an edict ordering the Christians to sacrifice to his gods.
		Although -he was 'opposed to mixed marriages, in order to ensure that the children of Greeks and Egyptians received an education he appointed a teacher who spoke both Greek and Arabic.
		Patriarch Matthaios was particularly interested in Ethiopia, where he sent the priest-monk Stephanos of Siphnos as a missionary.
	www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org /articles/church_history/makarios_patriarchate_alexandria.htm (7498 words)

	The Temptations of War and the Struggle for Peace among the Hamar of Southern Ethiopia
		The Hamar who live in the southernmost part of Ethiopia stress that in olden days they were lucky and escaped the worst effects of war and drought which throughout history have plagued the Horn of Africa.
		The fourth invasion was the Italian occupation which reached southern Ethiopia both from the North and the East and lasted from 1937 to 1941.
		The Hamar, like other groups in Ethiopia, attribute great significance to the great toe and hold the idea that the well-being, good luck and good fortune of a person find their manifestation in the great toe.
	www.southethiopiaresearch.org /publications/temptations_war.html (13964 words)

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		It was as one with her, and not by himself alone, that he had risen to the highest dignity attainable by a native Egyptian, and she had done everything that lay in her power to uphold him in a position which many envied him, and in filling it with dignity and effect.
		This, then, is the descendant of the great Menas, the son of Mukaukas George, the adored ruler of my flock at Memphis, who held the first place among the gilded youth of Constantinople in their gay whirl!
		And Benjamin had confirmed her fears; he had come back to her on purpose to beseech her to oppose Orion's sinful affection for Thomas' daughter with the utmost maternal authority, and, as the patriarch expressed the same desire as the voice, it must be from God and she must obey it.
	www2.cddc.vt.edu /gutenberg/etext04/ge84v10.txt (12781 words)

	NUBIAN SAINTS OF CHRISTIANITY
		He returned to Ethiopia secretly before the enthronement of another emperor who declared that all Catholics should be tortured and executed.
		It is an impressive collection of accurate narration of lives led by the Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, archbishops, Bishops, Anchorites, Coenobites in addition to the lesser known and fabled Ascetics who roamed the deserts of Egypt,Sudan, Libya, and Ethiopia.
		The ancestors of the Christians of Sudan and Ethiopia were the ones who established an ancient culture which eventually exported civilization to the north (i.e.
	nefertamu.tripod.com /nsoc.html (4092 words)

	THE SINAI — GOLGOTHA — SELASSIE COMPLEX IN LALIBELA
		In his consideration of the chronological development of ecclesiastical architecture, and especially of rock-cut ecclesiastical architecture in Ethiopia, Claude Lepage noted already thirty years ago that there was a clear progression from late Axumite (or early Zaguë),
		A true relation of the lands of the Prester John, being the narrative of the Portuguese Embassy to Ethiopia in 1520 written by Father Francisco Alvares, 2 vols., Hakluyt Society, Works, ser.
		Two additional figures would have amounted to a total of nine, which, Barriviera thought, could have represented the well-known Nine Saints to whom are attributed the spreading of the faith in Ethiopia in the fifth century.
	www.utoronto.ca /deeds/pubs/golgotha/golgotha.html (9794 words)

	TWO NEW SITES INSCRIBED
		Built over the tomb of the martyr Menas of Alexandria, this early Christian holy city has retained its church, baptistery, basilicas, and monasteries, as well as houses and workshops.
		While t he dry soil was capable of supporting these buildings, a land-reclamation programme for agricultural development has caused a dramatic rise of the water table.
		Excess water is posing a serious threat of collapse to numerous buildings and they have had to be closed to the public.
	www.unesco.org /bpi/eng/unescopress/2001/01-136e.shtml (461 words)

	Cosmas Indicopleustes, Christian Topography. Preface to the online edition.
		Cosmas Indicopleustes ('India-voyager') of Alexandria was a Greek sailor in the early 6th century who travelled to Ethiopia, India and Sri Lanka.
		He then became a monk, probably of Nestorian tendencies, and around 550 AD wrote a strange book, copiously illustrated, which is the text presented here.
		He happened to be in Ethiopia at the time when the King of Axum was preparing a military expedition to attack Jewish Arabs in the Yemen.
	www.tertullian.org /fathers/cosmas_00_0_eintro.htm (2039 words)

	Pure Capitalism, Somali style - or - Libertarians of the world, Unite! Thread II [Free Republic]
		It was then that the UN divided it among two sovereigns, the larger part going to Ethiopia, the smaller to British Somaliland.
		During the 1930's it deposed its king because he had signed a pact with the State of Ethiopia without a mandate to that effect from the Council of Elders.
		It is definitely better than a centrally-planned economy society without respect for rights, such as their neighbor Ethiopia was under Brezhnev's good graces.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a39a1ea001f52.htm (6777 words)

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