31. Ethiopian languages
(Language/Language)

... to 200 different dialects are spoken, with some at extinction level. Except the smaller language groups all Ethiopian languages can be classified as Afrio-Asiatic or Nilo-Saharan. All ...

32. Semitic
(Ethnic diversity/Ethnic diversity)

...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 most southerly of the Semitic group...

33. Clothing: Christians
(Culture/Costumes)

..., hats, umbrellas. Within christianity, traditional costumes are most elaborate and colorful in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Whether on holidays or everyday liturgical rites, priests wear (...

34. Orthodox
(Religion/Religion)

The Ethiopia Orthodox Church was established at the beginning of the fourth century, making it one of the oldest established churches in the world.

35. Islam
(Religion/Religion)

...uted in Arabia, and found refuge in Axum, which was then ruled by King Armah. Close to half of the Ethiopian population follow the Muslim faith. They have been playing an active and importan...

36. Churches in Tana Lake
(History/Heritage)

...of the two lakes of Ethiopia with historical significance, especially in relation to the preservation of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church's documents and relics (the other one being Lake Ziway in the Rif...

37. Gondar
(History/Heritage)

...use of the Itchege, a round structure once occupied by the Itchege, the second most powerful official of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. There are also other Gondarine structures outside of the town,...

38. Lalibela
(History/Heritage)

...st mysterious complex in Lalibela. Bete Golgota houses some of the most remarkable pieces of early Christian Ethiopian art: figurative reliefs that are rare elsewhere in the country. The group south...

39. 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

40. The middle Ages
(History/Medieval)

...al of Ethiopia, Gondar. Right before that, in the same century, Ahmed Ibn Ibrahim (Gragn) of Somali occupied Ethiopian highlands heading a Moslem army, strongly backed by Ottoman Turkey. In...

41. Lalibela
(History/Ancient)

...whose reign the Adefa churches' construction has been attributed. By the time of the Zagwe, the Ethiopian church was showing the effects of long centuries of isolation from the larger Chr...

42. Axum's History
(History/Ancient)

...rge empire, which "dominated the vital crossroads of Africa and Asia for almost a thousand years" (Ethiopian Tourism Commission, Spectrum Guide to Ethiopia). Classical greek was used by King...

43. Legend
(History/Ancient)

...of Noah, first entered Ethiopia and settled there. A much later legend, with a strong hold in the minds of Ethiopian Orthodox Christians is that of the Queen of Sheba, who went to Jerusalem around 1...

44. Go-Ethio
(Static Content)

Two years ago, two Ethiopian friends living in Sweden decided to travel to Ethiopia. After being abroad for a very long time, they could not enlist the help of family and contacts as is common. Thus t

45. Getting around
(Static Content)

...es you will need 4wd models. The only passages that are good for smaller cars are south/east bound routes. Ethiopian airlines flies to many of the main cities in the country... and there is (Abyssin...

46. Religion
(Category Blog)

...ion of King Ezana of Aksum in the 4th Century, Christianity was spread in northern parts of the country. The Ethiopian Orthodox church traces its roots back to this period. Islam is said to have been ...

47. Medieval
(Category Blog)

The Ethiopian culture 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 Ethiopi

48. Ethiopian traveler journals
(Category Blog)

Found on Internet (FoI), GoEthio journals

49. Economy
(Category Blog)

... agricultural sector suffers from frequent drought and poor cultivation practices. Coffee is critical to the Ethiopian economy with exports of some $156 million in 2002, but historically low prices ha...

50. Book reviews
(Category Blog)

Sources: Ethiopian review, ...

51. Ancient
(Category Blog)

According to tradition, the Ethiopian kingdom was founded (10th century BC) by Solomon's first son, Menelik I, whom the queen of Sheba is supposed to have borne. However, the first kingdom for w

52. History
(Section Blog)

The Ethiopian state originated in the Aksumite kingdom, a trading state that emerged about the first century A.D and controlled most of modern-day Yemen just across the Red Sea. Around 950 Queen Gud

53. Culture
(Section List)

...ad or allows them to be partially or wholly naked. Notable is what is now becoming popular, not only among Ethiopians at home but also in the world of fashion internationally as well is the moderniz...

54. Cities
(Section Blog)

...is 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 bo...