Top left: Biete Giyorgis (House of St. George) in Lalibela, Ethiopia built during the 1100s CE
Top centre left: Ruins of Dungur palace (600s BCE), also known as the Palace of the Queen of Sheba, located in Aksum, Ethiopia
Top centre right: Temple of Yeha, oldest standing structure in Ethiopia dating back to 700s BCE
Top right: Quote from Persian prophet Mani on the 4 great kingdoms of the Ancient world written in 200s CE
Middle left: Abuna Yemata Guh, rock-hewn church with amazing paintings made in the 1400s CE inside
Middle centre-left: Map of Vavilov centres showing Ethiopia as one of the first centres of domestication of crops
Bottom left: Stelae Park including the Obelisk of Aksum built in 300s CE
Bottom centre: Ge’ez script dating back to the 400s BCE
Bottom right: Fasil Ghebbi, a fortress for the Ethiopian Emperor
carlsagerson on
You know. Ethiopia really is badass. Resists European Colonialism, manages to be Christian even in the face of the Arab Conquests and all the other Islamic States nearby. And kept it up all the way until 1935.
That is impressive.
karoshikun on
who downvoted it? the subject is interesting
jackt-up on
Agreed, Ethiopia goes hard
The Solomonic Dynasty I think is the longest lasting dynasty in history?
Iilolme on
tbf i see no pic of food
As_no_one2510 on
The only African country with their own national writing system BTW
Ps: native writing system
RyuZero_417 on
That’s just Africa in general really
People might know about Mali mainly because of Mansa Musa, but other pas of africa such as Benin, Songhai, Ghana and Mogadishu are rarely talked about which is a shame, they’re actually so cool
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Top left: Biete Giyorgis (House of St. George) in Lalibela, Ethiopia built during the 1100s CE
Top centre left: Ruins of Dungur palace (600s BCE), also known as the Palace of the Queen of Sheba, located in Aksum, Ethiopia
Top centre right: Temple of Yeha, oldest standing structure in Ethiopia dating back to 700s BCE
Top right: Quote from Persian prophet Mani on the 4 great kingdoms of the Ancient world written in 200s CE
Middle left: Abuna Yemata Guh, rock-hewn church with amazing paintings made in the 1400s CE inside
Middle centre-left: Map of Vavilov centres showing Ethiopia as one of the first centres of domestication of crops
Bottom left: Stelae Park including the Obelisk of Aksum built in 300s CE
Bottom centre: Ge’ez script dating back to the 400s BCE
Bottom right: Fasil Ghebbi, a fortress for the Ethiopian Emperor
You know. Ethiopia really is badass. Resists European Colonialism, manages to be Christian even in the face of the Arab Conquests and all the other Islamic States nearby. And kept it up all the way until 1935.
That is impressive.
who downvoted it? the subject is interesting
Agreed, Ethiopia goes hard
The Solomonic Dynasty I think is the longest lasting dynasty in history?
tbf i see no pic of food
The only African country with their own national writing system BTW
Ps: native writing system
That’s just Africa in general really
People might know about Mali mainly because of Mansa Musa, but other pas of africa such as Benin, Songhai, Ghana and Mogadishu are rarely talked about which is a shame, they’re actually so cool
-“Ancient civilization”
-look inside
-medieval origin