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The Ethiopian Empire, [a] historically known as Abyssinia or simply Ethiopia, [b] was a sovereign state [16] that encompassed the present-day territories of Ethiopia and Eritrea. It existed from the establishment of the Solomonic dynasty by Yekuno Amlak around 1270 until the 1974 coup d'état by the Derg , which ended the reign of the final ...
The Solomonic dynasty is the name given by modern historians to the line of Ethiopian Orthodox Christian monarchs that ruled Ethiopia from the late 13th century to 1974. [1] The dynasty was founded by Yekuno Amlak, a noble from Shewa, [2] who overthrew the last ruler of Ethiopia's Zagwe dynasty in 1270 and seized power. [3]
The first verifiable kingdom of great power to rise in Ethiopia was that of Axum in the 1st century CE. It was one of many successor kingdoms to Dʿmt and was able to unite the northern Ethiopian Highlands beginning around the 1st century BCE. They established bases on the northern highlands of the Ethiopian Plateau and from there expanded ...
Imperial Flag of Ethiopia Imperial Coat of Arms of Ethiopia. This article lists the emperors of Ethiopia, from the founding of the Ethiopian Empire and the Solomonic dynasty in 1270 by Yekuno Amlak, until the Ethiopian Revolution of 1974 when the last emperor was deposed.
In 1941, the British army and the Ethiopian Arbegnoch movement liberated Ethiopia in the East African Campaign, resulted in recognition of Ethiopia's sovereignty by the British under the 1944 Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement, though some regions were briefly administered by the British, no more than 10 years. In 1947, Italy recognized Ethiopia's ...
Kingdom of Gumma. title Moti; See: Rulers of the Gibe State of Guma. Kingdom of Janjero - founded before 1600; See: Rulers of the Janjero state of Gimirra. Kingdom of Jimma. title Moti; See: Rulers of the Gibe state of Jimma. Kingdom of Kaffa - foundation 1390 old Kaffa Kingdom; 1700 for new Kaffa Empire title: Emperor (or Kafi Atio, last two ...
1895–1896 – First Italo-Ethiopian War began originated from disputed Treaty of Wuchale. [ citation needed ] 1 March 1896 – Battle of Adwa , the Kingdom of Italy defeated as Ethiopians were numerically superior, better equipped by Russia and France.
Lebna Dengel, nəgusä nägäst (emperor) of Ethiopia and a member of the Solomonic dynasty.. The emperor of Ethiopia (Ge'ez: ንጉሠ ነገሥት, romanized: nəgusä nägäst, "King of Kings"), also known as the Atse (Amharic: ዐፄ, "emperor"), was the hereditary ruler of the Ethiopian Empire, from at least the 13th century until the abolition of the monarchy in 1975.