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	Zauditu of Ethiopia Information
		In 1882, the six-year-old Askala Maryam Zauditu was married to Ras Araya Selassie Yohannes, son and heir of Emperor Yohannis IV.
		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.
		Zauditu's stepmother and the aunt of her husband, Dowager Empress Taytu, had withdrawn from the capital after Menelik's death, but was still distrusted somewhat due to her well known nepotism she had practiced during the reign of her late husband Menelik II.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Zauditu_of_Ethiopia (1556 words)

	SIM Country Profile: Ethiopia
		SIM Ethiopia is working closely with churches of the Sudan Interior Church (SIC) in two camps to train and disciple church leaders and to promote literacy and education, particularly as many believers begin to return to southern Sudan and their former homes.
		Although much of Ethiopia is well-watered and receives sufficient rainfall for agriculture, disruptions in weather patterns have resulted in prolonged periods of drought, causing suffering and death for hundreds of thousands of people.
		Relations between Ethiopia and her Islamic neighbors were fairly peaceful, but in the sixteenth century the powerful Muslim ruler of Harar, Ahmed Grañ, invaded Ethiopia (Abyssinia).
	www.sim.org /country.asp?CID=10&fun=1 (1937 words)

	Ethiopia - MSN Encarta
		For 25 years Ethiopia had maintained its independence against European encroachments, through the skill of Menelik and the military courage of his people, who by this time were well armed, and through utilization of the mutual jealousies of the rival European powers.
		However, the regent proved capable of governing, and in 1923 Ethiopia was admitted to the League of Nations, assuring the nation’s independence.
		Ethiopia became a charter member of the United Nations (UN) in 1945 and immediately made strong demands for the former Italian colonies of Italian Somaliland and Eritrea.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761573854_7/Ethiopia.html (2442 words)

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		1930) was reigning Empress of Ethiopia from 1916 to 1930.
		Zauditu's stepmother and the aunt of her husband, Dowager Empress Taytu, had withdrawn from the capital after Menelik's death, but was still distrusted somewhat due to her well known nepotism she had practiced during the reign of her late husband Menelik II.
		Zauditu also suffered guilt for taking the throne from Lij Iyasu, who her father had wanted to succeed him - while she believed that Iyasu's overthrow was necessary, she had admired her father greatly, and was unhappy at having to disobey his wishes.
	www.brujula.net /english/wiki/Zauditu_of_Ethiopia.html (1061 words)

	Ethiopian Millennium 2000 in Washington DC. Millennium Celebration for Ethiopians living in North America. Ethiopian ...
		Ethiopia has never been colonised by them and the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia was settled in a new treaty.
		Ethiopia wanted to become a member of the Leaque of Nations but the existents of slavery gave Europe a pretext to block this.
		The Solomonic dynasty whom according to their own legend ruled over Ethiopia for 3000 years ended, and the last Emperor was driven away from his palace in a Volkwagen Beetle.
	www.ethiopianmillennium2000.com /history1.html (1749 words)

	Ethiopia
		Ethiopia has about 39,480 km (about 24,530 mi) of roads, of which about 20% are paved.
		In the late 1970s and in the '80s Ethiopia received military equipment from the USSR to use in fighting rebel forces; Cuban troops were stationed in Ethiopia from 1977 until 1989.
		Early in the 10th century the Solomonid dynasty was overthrown and replaced by the Zagwe dynasty, the ruling family of a region on the central plateau known as Lasta.
	www.nilefall.com /history.html (4136 words)

	Profile - Ethiopia
		Ethiopia is bounded on the northeast by Eritrea and Djibouti, on the east and southeast by Somalia, on the southwest by Kenya, and on the west and northwest by Sudan.
		Ethiopia is one of the world’s poorest nations, with a per-capita gross domestic product (GDP of $110 a year in 1997).
		Ethiopia’s unit of currency, the birr, is issued by the National Bank of Ethiopia (6.71 birr equal U.S.$1; 1997 average).
	www.inadev.org /profile_-_ethiopia.htm (5303 words)

	Political and Economic History of Ethiopia
		Ethiopia applied for membership in the League of Nations in 1919 but was initially denied because of the survival of slavery in Ethiopia.
		The southeast area of Ethiopia, the regions known as Ogaden and the Haud, were acquired by conquest under the Emperor Menelik II in the late nineteenth century.
		While Ethiopia has approximately 8.8 million hectares (22 million acres) of land that is classified as forested most of this, 5.0 million hectares (12.5 million acres) is scrub woodland of the drier areas of the plateaus and margins of the deserts.
	www2.sjsu.edu /faculty/watkins/ethiopia.htm (5002 words)

	UNDP EMERGENCIES UNIT FOR ETHIOPIA
		Ethiopia, formerly Abyssinia,a republic in eastern Africa, bounded on the northeast by Eritrea and Djibouti, on the east and southeast by Somalia, on the southwest by Kenya, and on the west and northwest by Sudan.
		Ethiopia has great potential for producing hydroelectricity, and in the late 1980s about 80 percent of its relatively small yearly electricity output was generated by hydroelectric facilities.
		In the late 1970s and in the 1980s Ethiopia received military equipment from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) to use in fighting rebel forces; Cuban troops were stationed in Ethiopia from 1977 to 1989.
	www.africa.upenn.edu /eue_web/abysinia.htm (4082 words)

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		Ethiopia was a fl nation that had been independent for thousands of years, despite its African neighbors (with the exception of Liberia).
		Ethiopia went through a series of trials and tribulations during this period in its history.
		Zauditu became a mere figurehead now, and all of the power lay in the hands of the King.
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	East Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		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 (1974 words)

	Kituo cha katiba >> Haile Selassie - Profile
		Haile Selassie was born in Ethiopia in 1892 and was known as Ras Tafari Makonnen before assuming the name Haile Selassie.
		For example, in 1919 Ethiopia applied for membership into the League of Nations but was banned because of its strong practice of slavery.
		This move was effective in aiding Ethiopia's modernization through bureaucracy and solidarity, and forced the many regional rases to either oppose Selassie treasonably or to support him.
	www.kituochakatiba.co.ug /selassie.htm (1755 words)

	Literature - The Peart's website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Haile Selassie was born Tafari Makonnen in Ethiopia in 1892.
		Ethiopia was a culturally and resourcefully rich land recognized by the European colonial powers as sovereign from as early as 1900.
		This move was effective in aiding Ethiopia's modernization through bureaucracy and solidarity, and forced the many regional rases to either oppose him treasonably or join him with their support.
	prt.wetpaint.com /page/Literature/revision/3 (2228 words)

	The Crown Council of Ethiopia
		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”.
		And it was during this period of convalescence that political turmoil broke out in Ethiopia and a coup led by a junior Army officer, Mengistu Haile Mariam, dragged the country into an era of dictatorship and oppression, civil war and economic decline.
		In 1993, Prince Ermias was invested, in exile, as the President of the Ethiopian Crown Council, the body which acts during an interregnum as the custodian of the Crown, and which, during the reign of an Emperor, acts as the principal advisory council to the Crown.
	www.ethiopiancrown.org /emperors.htm (3584 words)

	Ethiopia Times
		Negus Negust (Emperor) of Ethiopia from 1889 to is death.
		Menelik II The 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.
		Ras Araya Selassie died in May 1888 without any issue by Zauditu of Shoa, and the Emperor Yohannes IV was killed in a war against the dervishes at the battle of Gallabat (Matemma) on May 10, 1889.
	www.angelfire.com /electronic/negroworld/ethiopia5.html (1137 words)

	Zauditu of Ethiopia - Free net encyclopedia
		Image:Ethiopia-zauditu.jpg Zauditu (also spelled Zawditu or Zewditu; April 29, 1876 - April 2, 1930) was Empress of Ethiopia from 1916 to 1930.
		Born Askala Maryam, the future Zauditu was the eldest daughter of the then Negus (or King) Sahle Maryam of Shewa, the future emperor Menelek II of Ethiopia.
		Interestinly, even though he had treated her abominably, she held much personal affection for her nephew Iyasu, and is said to have wept bitterly for him when told that she was being made Empress as her nephew had been excommunicated for apostacy.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Zawditu_of_Ethiopia (1577 words)

	Timeline Ethiopia
		Legend in Ethiopia holds that the Ark was stolen by Menelik I, son of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, and taken to Aksum where Orthodox Christian monks have watched over it ever since.
		Ethiopia later said 20 people were killed and 20 wounded by Eritrean forces.
		Ethiopia's opposition soon claimed major gains in the unprecedented open parliamentary election that drew a turnout of 90 percent.
	timelines.ws /countries/ETHIOPIA.HTML (11340 words)

	Ancient, enduring Ethiopia
		Ethiopia apparently became, through this encounter, the first nation, as a nation, to convert to Christianity.
		The place of Fasilidas in Ethiopia's history is assured due to his successful re-establishment of the ancient Ethiopian church beloved by the populace.
		In the twentieth century (1916), Judith or Zauditu, a daughter of the Solomonic line of central Ethiopia (Shoa) reclaimed her country for the Amharic tribe after a period of Muslim power.
	robt.shepherd.tripod.com /ethiopia.html (1123 words)

	Ethiopian history, the history leading to Ethiopia's famine
		After years of fighting in the royal family, his daughter, Zauditu, was finally crowned Empress in 1916; Ras Tafari, the son of Menelik's cousin, was named regent and heir to the throne.
		The government in Ethiopia both Haile Selassie and the Derg, failed because it did not respond to the desires of Ethiopians for a democracy, national self-determination, and development (Young 216).
		Belaynesh, was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in December of 1957.
	www.fhi.net /fhius/ethiopiafamine/history.html (1120 words)

	LION OF ETHIOPIA
		Emperor Menelik II objected and said Ethiopia is free to do as she wishes in foreign affairs.’’Ras Makonnen visits aid, Rome where he was given some 28 cannons and 38,000 rifles by the Italian government.
		The Italian defeat at the Battle of Adwa was one of the greatest victories in the history of Ethiopia.
		The Italians signed a peace treaty which finished the Treaty of Ucciali, established the boundary of Ethiopia and Eritrea, and recognized that Ethiopia was a sovereign state.
	groups.msn.com /LIONOFETHIOPIA/emperormenelikii18891913.msnw (1801 words)

	Ethiopian History
		Johannes IV attempts to further centralize the government led to revolts by local leaders; in addition, his regime was threatened during 1875-76 by Egyptian incursions and, after 1881, by raids by followers of the Mahdi in Sudan.
		The Treaty of Uccialli was negotiated between Ethiopia and Italy in 1890.
		In December Eritrea and Ethiopia, under the auspices of the UN, signed a peace agreement that formally ended the war and established a commission to demarcate the border between the countries.
	www.selamta.net /history.htm (3754 words)

	EthiopianHistory.Com :: Modern Ethiopia
		The reunification of Ethiopia began with the rule of Emperor Téwodros (1855-68).
		In 1893, Menelik II denounced the treaty and by 1895 Ethiopia and Italy were at war.
		Upon Empress Zauditu’s death in 1930, Tafari Makonnen was crowned Haile Selassie I as he became the 225th successor of the Solomonic dynasty.
	www.ethiopianhistory.com /modern (629 words)

	Iyasu V of Ethiopia Information
		While at the city of Harar, Lij Iyasu was deposed 27 September 1916 in favor of his aunt Zauditu.
		When the forces of Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935, the Italian airforce scattered fliers asking the population to rebel against Haile Selassie and support the "true Emperor Iyasu V".
		His overtures to the Moslem inhabitants of Ethiopia "can be interpreted as one of trying to redress the injustices of the past, of making the Muslims feel at home in their own country."
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Iyasu_V_of_Ethiopia (1193 words)

	Iyasu V of Ethiopia - Japan
		Lij (meaning child, then meaning one born of royal blood) Iyasu, was a grandson of Menelek II of Ethiopia and son of Menelek's daughter Shewaregga, who was a half-sister of Menelik's eldest daughter Zauditu, and was proclaimed heir apparent in 1909.
		While at the city of Harar, Lij Iyasu was deposed 27 September 1916 in favor of his aunt Zauditu.
		When the forces of Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935, the Italian airforce scattered fliers asking the population to rebel against Haile Selassie and support the "true Emperor Iyasu V".
	iyasu-v-of-ethiopia.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/Iyasu_V_of_Ethiopia (1877 words)

	Zauditu - Japan
		However, the Emperor remained closest to Zauditu, who also had good relations with her step-mother Empress Taytu, and was part of her father's houshold for most of her life.
		In an attempt to limit her influence, the aristocracy arranged for her nephew (Zauditu's husband Ras Gugsa Welle) to be appointed to a remote governorship, removing him from court.
		Interestingly, even though he had treated her abominably, she held much personal affection for her nephew Iyasu, and is said to have wept bitterly for him when told that she was being made Empress as her nephew had been excommunicated for apostacy.
	zauditu.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/Zauditu (1878 words)

	ethiopia - Qwika
		Menas of Ethiopia Menas (throne name Admas Sagad I) was (1559 - February 1, 1563) of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonid dynasty...
		Emperor of Ethiopia The Emperor (Ge'ez ንጉሠ ነገሥት,, "King of Kings") of Ethiopia was the hereditary ruler of Ethiopia until the abolition of the monarchy in...
		April 2, 1930) was reigning Empress of Ethiopia from 1916 to 1930.
	www.qwika.com /find/ethiopia?int=60 (568 words)

	The Crown Council of Ethiopia
		The civil war in Ethiopia, from 1974 to 1991, which resulted in the death of Emperor Haile Selassie and a diaspora of Ethiopians around the world, caused an interregnum which, until 1996, meant that few Imperial Orders or Decorations were issued.
		Among the recent conferrals of Knight Grand Cross of the Holy Trinity with Grand Collar was, in 1998, the Afe-Negus of Ethiopia, Teshome Haile Mariam, who served as Afe-Negus to HIM Emperor Haile Selassie I and HIM Emperor Amha Selassie I, and subsequently to the Crown Council of Ethiopia, from its reconstitution in 1993.
		The reverse has text — “Ethiopia Shall Reach Her Hand Unto God”, the line from Psalm 68, the Song of David, from the Old Testament of the Bible — in Ge‘ez around the medal, which in the centre shows a trilobe pattern with a small Trinity star toward the bottom and ornamentation in the centre.
	www.ethiopiancrown.org /decorations.htm (9211 words)

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