1. Axum
(Cities/Axum)

...vance reservations to be made. Other hotels include the Remhai Hotel, Ezana Hotel, Caleb Hotel, and the Axum Ghion Hotel. ...

2. Ethiopian languages
(Language/Language)

...or almost extinct, this last one boasting one surviving speaker. Ge'ez, the ancient language of the Axumite Empire is no longer spoken, but it is still used in religious services in the Ethiopian ...

3. Semitic
(Ethnic diversity/Ethnic diversity)

...e of most of these peoples), wheat, barley, maize, and sorghum. Both groups share the legacy of ancient Axum and are mainly practitioners of the Ethiopian Orthodox Monophysite faith. The Gurage, the...

4. Islam
(Religion/Religion)

...ples of the Prophet Mohammad fled to Ethiopia, when they were persecuted in Arabia, and found refuge in Axum, which was then ruled by King Armah. Close to half of the Ethiopian population fo...

5. Lalibela
(History/Heritage)

...r Julian the Apostate, who ruled Rome in the mid-fourth century, when Christianity was first brought to Axum. A tunnel at the southern end of the Bete Maryam courtyard leads to the interconnected ch...

6. Axum
(History/Heritage)

Ethiopian legend has it that the famous Church of St. Mary of Zion in Axum is the repository of the Ark of the Covenant. Axum is equally, if not more, mysterious for the seven monolithic stelae fashio

7. The middle Ages
(History/Medieval)

...army, strongly backed by Ottoman Turkey. In the 10th century AD the Solomonic Dynasty of the Axumite kingdom was overthrown and the Empire was ruled by the Zagwe dynasty for nearly 300 year...

8. Axum's History
(History/Ancient)

Even though much of Axum's history is still shrouded in semi-darkness, it is clear that Axum was and still is the captial of the Christianity religion, reaching it's peak at the reign of Ezana in the

9. Legend
(History/Ancient)

...rusalem. Most Ethiopians believe that the Ark of the Covenant still dwells in Church of Mary of Zion in Axum, Tigray. His dynasty was believed to have been continuous, with only a brief interruption b...

10. National parks
(Category Blog)

With 14 major wildlife reserves, Ethiopia provides a microcosm of the entire sub-Saharan ecosystem. Bird life abounds, and indigenous animals from the rare Walia ibex to the shy wild ass, roam free ju

11. Medieval
(Category Blog)

...ulture we know today may be said to date from between the ninth and eleventh centuries, coinciding with Axum's political decline. Judaism and Islam grew to be powerful forces in Ethiopia. The Felasha ...

12. Axum
(Category Blog)

13. Ancient
(Category Blog)

...s supposed to have borne. However, the first kingdom for which there is documentary evidence is that of Axum, a kingdom which probably emerged in the 1st century AD, making Ethiopia the one of the mos...

14. History
(Section Blog)

...he Red Sea. Around 950 Queen Gudit led a destructive mission which started the decline of the ancient axumite era giving way to the medieval era and was preceeded by the Zagwe dynasty followed 1270 ...

15. Cities
(Section Blog)

Addis Ababa University (main campus), the former palace of Emperor Haile selassie and house to the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, which accommodates the Library, with one of the biggest collection of