Tegre

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Abba Gabra Mikael (1791-August 28, 1855), a 19th-century Ethiopian ecclesiastic and scholar, became a convert to Catholicism, and was put to death for his faith...

YOHANNES IV

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Yohannes IV (1831-March 10, 1889) was emperor of Ethiopia from 1872-89. During his reign he was obliged not only to consolidate his power within his...

Ethiopia

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by Richard Pankhurst Our earliest glimpses of Ethiopia’s history go back over three millennia. The Pharaohs of ancient Egypt, as is known from their inscriptions,...

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