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Empire of Ethiopia

Ethiopian Empire
የኢትዮጵያ ንጉሠ ነገሥት መንግሥተ  (Amharic)
Mängəstä Ityop'p'ya  (Amharic)
1137–1974
Flag Coat of arms
Motto
Ityopia tabetsih edewiha habe Igziabiher
ኢትዮጵያ ታበፅዕ እደዊሃ ሃበ አግዚአብሐር
"Ethiopia Stretches Her Hands unto God"
Anthem
Ityopp'ya Hoy dess yibelish
ኢትዮጵያ ሆይ ደስ ይበልሽ
"Ethiopia, Be happy"
The Ethiopian Empire during the reign of Menelik II.
Capital Unspecified (1137–1635)
Gondar (1635–1855)
Magdala (1855–1868)
Mekele (1871–1885) Addis Ababa (1886–1974)
Languages Ge'ez (official)
Amharic, Afar, Gamo, Gedeo, Gurage, Hadiyya, Kafa, Oromo, Sidamo, Somali, Tigrinya, Wolaytta (widely spoken)
Religion Ethiopian Orthodox
Government Absolute monarchy
Emperor
 •  1137 Mara Takla Haymanot (first)
 •  1930–1974 Haile Selassie I (last)
Prime Minister
 •  1909–1927 Habte Giyorgis (first)
 •  1974 Mikael Imru (last)
Legislature Parliament
 •  Upper house Senate
 •  Lower house Chamber of Deputies
Historical era Middle Ages and Cold War
 •  Empire established 1137
 •  Italo-Ethiopian War 1895–1896
 •  Treaty of Addis Ababa 23 October 1896
 •  Constitution adopted 16 July 1931
 •  Italian invasion 3 October 1935 – May 1936
 •  Sovereignty restored 5 May 1941
 •  Admitted to the United Nations 13 November 1945
 •  Coup d'état by Derg 12 September 1974
 •  Monarchy abolished 21 March 1975
Currency
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Zagwe Dynasty
Derg
Today part of  Ethiopia
 Eritrea

The Ethiopian Empire (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ንጉሠ ነገሥት መንግሥተ, Mängəstä Ityop'p'ya?), also known as Abyssinia (derived from the Arabic al-Habash), was a kingdom that spanned a geographical area covered by the northern half of the current state of Ethiopia. It existed from approximately 1137 (beginning of Zagwe dynasty) until 1974, when the Solomonic dynasty was overthrown in a coup d'état.

Following the British occupation of Egypt in 1882, Ethiopia and Liberia were the only two African nations to remain independent during the scramble for Africa by the European imperial powers in the late 19th century. The country was one of the founding members of the United Nations in 1945.

In 1974 Ethiopia was one of only three countries in the world to have the title of Emperor for its head of state, together with Japan, which still has the Emperor as its nominal ruler, and Iran under the Pahlavi dynasty. It was the second-to-last country in Africa to use the title of Emperor; the only one later was the Central African Empire, which was implemented between 1976 and 1979 by Emperor Bokassa I.

Ethiopia's human occupation began early, as evidenced by the findings. It is believed that the ancient Egyptians claimed that Punt, known as gold country, was in Ethiopia in 980 BC, according to the report of the Kebra Nagast Menelik I founded the Ethiopian empire. In the 1st century BC. settled the Axumite empire that existed from the 7th century. This kingdom was founded in the 4th century with the Ethiopian Orthodox Church as the state religion and was thus one of the first Christian states.


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