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Containers of liquids used to measure volume. A tassa is about a litre; an ensira is anywhere from two to several gallons (depending on size); a gerwoina is about 20–30 litres; a gan is several gallons. Feresulla: Unit of volume that changes based on item being measure.
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The hourglass is often used as a symbol representing the passage of time. Clocks; a watch-maker seated at his workbench. Chronometry [a] or horology [b] (lit. ' the study of time ') is the science studying the measurement of time and timekeeping. [3]
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A common unit of weight in Ethiopia was the load - a simple measure of the amount carried by a beast of burden such as a camel [1] A number of different units of measurement have been used in Ethiopia. The values of most of these units are not well defined. [2] In 1963, Ethiopia adopted the metric system. [3]
Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Kenya to the south, South Sudan to the west, and Sudan to the northwest. Ethiopia covers a land area of ...
It includes the study of Ethiopian and Eritrean arts and the history and theology of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. The classical core of Ethiopian and Eritrean studies is the philology of the written sources of Christian Ethiopia and Eritrea and Ethio-semitic linguistics .
Unification: 1855–1913: Menelik's Invasions: 1878–1904: First Italo–Ethiopian War: 1895–1896: Modernization: 1913–1974: World War I: 1914–1918: Second Italo–Ethiopian War