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One of the first kingdoms to rise to power in the territory was the kingdom of D'mt in the 10th century BC, which established its capital at Yeha. In the first century AD, the Aksumite Kingdom rose to power in the modern Tigray Region with its capital at Aksum and grew into a major power on the Red Sea , subjugating South Arabia and Meroe and ...
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 ...
3 June 1884 – Hewett Treaty signed between Ethiopia, Egypt and Britain. [39] 1887–1889 – Italo-Ethiopian War began. 2 March 1889 – Menelik II reigned as Emperor of Ethiopia. [40] 2 May 1889 – Treaty of Wuchale signed between Ethiopia and Italy over Italian occupation of Eritrea. [citation needed]
Earlier kings of the Dʿmt, Axum and Zagwe kingdoms are listed separately due to numerous gaps and large flexibility in chronology. For legendary and archeologically unverified rulers of Ethiopian tradition, see Regnal lists of Ethiopia and 1922 regnal list of Ethiopia. Names in italics indicate rulers who were usurpers or not widely recognized.
The Solomonic Dynasty continued to rule Ethiopia with few interruptions until 1974, when the last emperor, Haile Selassie, was deposed. The Imperial family is currently non-regnant. Members of the family in Ethiopia at the time of the 1974 Ethiopian Revolution were imprisoned; some were executed and others exiled.
This is a list of monarchies of Ethiopia that existed throughout the nation's history. It is divided into kingdoms that were subdivisions of Ethiopia, and kingdoms that were later conquered by Ethiopia. Ancient kingdoms fall into neither category.
The kingdom also conquered the nearby Muslim states and trading principalities, and advanced to the eastern escarpment of Shewa. [ citation needed ] Economic transitions caused the sultanate to extend its territory westward after a serious clash with Damot Christian and other local populations.
Despite officially being a Christian kingdom, Islam's history in Ethiopia is nearly as old as Islam itself. The first Muslims fled persecution in Arabia in 613 or 615, seeking refuge in the Kingdom of Aksum in an event known as the Migration to Abyssinia. [47]