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 Ethiopia Encyclopedia Article @ MrsGermany.com (Mrs Germany)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Somalia: The Ethiopia Factor in the Rise of the Union of Islamic...
Ethiopia is the only country in Africa with an unbroken sovereignty and is one of the oldest continuous nations in the world.
Human settlement in Ethiopia is very ancient: bones of the earliest ancestors to the human species, discovered in Ethiopia, have been assigned dates as long ago as 5.8 million years.
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 Ethiopia Encyclopedia Article @ Scuse.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ethiopia held another general election in May 2005, which drew a record number of voters, with 90% of the electorate turning out to cast their vote.
Islam in Ethiopia dates back 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.
Ethiopia has some of the finest athletes of the world, most notably middle-distance and long-distance runners.
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 Yeshaq I of Ethiopia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yeshaq I or Isaac (Ge'ez ይሥሓቅ yisḥāḳ, Amh.
Yeshaq invaded the Shanqella region beyond Agawmeder, and in the southern part of Ethiopia he fought against the sons of Sa'ad ad-Din II who returned from exile in Arabia.
Yeshaq made the earliest known contact from post-Axumite Ethiopia to a European ruler.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yeshaq_I_of_Ethiopia   (255 words)

  
 History of Ethiopia
Empress Mentewab was crowned co-ruler upon the succession of her son (a first for a woman in Ethiopia) in 1730, and held unprecedented power over government during his reign.
Ethiopia's second multiparty election was held in May of 2000.
Ethiopia today has 9 semi-autonomous administrative regions that have the power to raise and spend their own revenues.
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 Paradox Interactive Forums - How the legend of Prester John can true. An Abyssinian AAR
King Yeshaq heard stories of christian crucaders on their way to the holy land having plundered the city a few hundred years ago, leaving the city of Konstantinopel in ruins.
King Yeshaq had led all the attacks as head of the army, and it was as if god held an protective hand over him as no harm came to the great king.
Ethiopia had managed to become 3 time larger then it was only 10 years before, and king Taqla had enough to work on trying to organize his kingdom.
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 Ethiopia and Aragon allied against the Muslims - Alternate History Discussion Board
POD: Around 1428 AD Emperor Yeshaq of Ethiopia finds a way to establish continuous diplomatic contact overland with Alfonso V. Of course, Aragon is still dealing with the Moors, but Granada is nearing its end.
Maybe Yeshaq is sending caravans across the route at the bottom of the Sahara, then either meeting Spaniards at the coast, sending his own ships north, or even following the Tuareg route across the Sahara to Morocco.
Yeshaq's successor Zara Yoqob is claimed to be the greatest Ethiopian emperor since the days of Aksum.
www.alternatehistory.com /discussion/showthread.php?p=729008   (1213 words)

  
 YESHAQ, Ethiopia, Orthodox   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Yeshaq, Abunä, was a monk of the monastery of St. Anthony in Egypt who was chosen by John VI, Patriarch of Alexandria from 1189 to 1216, to succeed Abunä Mika'èl of Fua.
He set out for Ethiopia in 1210 accompanied by his brother and assistant, Yoséf.
1270 A.D.,' copyright © 1975, edited by Belaynesh Michael, S. Chojnacki and Richard Pankhurst, Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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 CouchSurfing - Ethiopia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ethiopia has occupied my interests and traveling fantacies since I was 17.
Visited Ethiopia and want to share tips for those interested.
Have traveled Ethiopia extensively and hope to be back soon.
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 Ethiopia:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world.
Unique among native-founded (unlike Liberia) African countries, Ethiopia was never colonised, maintaining its independence throughout the Scramble for Africa.
Furthermore, the Ethiopian constitution defines the right to own land as belonging only to "the state and the people," but citizens may only lease land (u
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 Ethiopia
1 Jun 1936 Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Italian Somalia are united
Official style: Moa Anbesa ze Emnegede Yehuda, N.N., Seyume Egziebher, Neguse/Negeste Negest za Ityopya ("Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, N.N., Elect of God, King/Queen of Kings of Ethiopia").
9 May 1936 Annexation of Ethiopia by Italy.
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