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  Ethiopia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bordering Ethiopia is Sudan to the west, Djibouti and Eritrea to the north, Somalia to the east, and Kenya to the south.
After the 1974 revolution, the economy of Ethiopia was run as a socialist economy: strong state controls were implemented, and a large part of the economy was transferred to the public sector, including most modern industry and large-scale commercial agriculture, all agricultural land and urban rental property, and all financial institutions.
Islam in Ethiopia dates back almost to the founding of the religion; in 615, when a band of Muslims were counseled by the Prophet Muhammad to escape persecution in Mecca and travel to Ethiopia, which was ruled by, in the Prophet Muhammad's estimation, a pious Christian king.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ethiopia   (4798 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Ethiopia - The Somali | Ethiopian Information Resource
In July 1977, mechanized units of the SNA army invaded Ethiopia in a preemptive thrust at Harer--the Ogaden region's military command center--that was intended to decide the Ogaden issue before promised Soviet military equipment arrived in Ethiopia (see fig.
The Somali forces then focused their efforts on the strategic Marda (also known as Karamarda) Pass, carrying the attack into the unfamiliar highlands to block Ethiopian reinforcements coming into Harerge.
However, the Somali forces were unable to dislodge the Ethiopians from Balumbale and Galdogob.
reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/ethiopia/ethiopia186.html   (1042 words)

  
 Area Handbook Series/ Somalia / Bibliography
Chapter 1 Abir, M. "Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa." Pages 537-77 in Richard Gray (ed.), The Cambridge History of Africa, 4: From c.
Somali Nationalism: International Politics and the Drive for Unity in the Horn of Africa.
Ethiopia Embattled--A Chronology of Events in the Horn of Africa, 1 July 1977-30 March 1978.
www.country-data.com /frd/cs/somalia/so_bibl.html   (5110 words)

  
 Adherents.com: By Location
"Ethiopia, a Christian (Coptic) exception in North Africa, does include a 125,000-member Protestant group, the Sudan Interior Mission, and Sudan itself has a rather strong Anglican (80,000-member) diocese.
Their language is closest to the ancient langauge of Geez and, traditionally, the Tigre upheld Ethiopian Christianity in its purest form.
Eleven Christian churches, carved by hand out of the rock at Lalibela, in northern Ethiopia in the 12th and 13th centuries, now attract many pilgrims and tourists...
www.adherents.com /adhloc/Wh_94.html   (3643 words)

  
 Ancient African History: The Land of Punt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
They record an important expedition of the queen thither, which was successfully concluded just before her ninth year."
Punt and Aksum: Egypt and the Horn of Africa, Jacke Phillips,
Punt was a Semitic confederation and included many groups from Ethiopia and Somali.
www.homestead.com /wysinger/punt.html   (1133 words)

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