Description:Chapters: Zara Yaqob, Baeda Maryam of Ethiopia, Eskender, Dawit I of Ethiopia, Askia Mohammad I, Yeshaq I of Ethiopia, Tewodros I of Ethiopia, Na'od, Takla Maryam, Amda Seyon Ii, Sarwe Iyasus, Amda Iyasus, Joel of Dotawo, Andreyas. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 47. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Zar'a Yaqob or Zera Yacob (Ge'ez: zar' yiqb "Seed of Jacob," modern zer'a y'iqb) (13991468) was (19 or 20 June 14341468) of Ethiopia (throne name Kwestantinos I Ge'ez qastntns or Constantine I), and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. Born at Tilq in the province of Fatagar (now part of the Oromia Region, near the Awash River), Zara Yaqob was the youngest son of Dawit I and his youngest queen, Igzi Kebra. The British expert on Ethiopia, Edward Ullendorff, stated that Zara Yaqob "was unquestionably the greatest ruler Ethiopia had seen since Ezana, during the heyday of Aksumite power, and none of his successors on the throne excepted only the emperors Menelik II and Haile Selassie can be compared to him." Paul B. Henze repeats the tradition that the jealousy of his older brother Tewodros I forced the courtiers to take Zara Yaqob to Tigray where he was brought up in secret, and educated in Axum and at the monastery of Dabra Abbay. While admitting that this tradition "is invaluable as providing a religious background for Zar'a-Ya'iqob's career," Taddesse Tamrat dismisses this story as "very improbable in its details." The professor notes that Zara Yaqob wrote in his Mashafa Berhan that "he was brought down from the royal prison of Mount Gishan only on the eve of his accession to the throne." Upon the death of Emperor Dawit, his older brother Tewodros ordered Zara Yaqob confined on Amba Geshen (around 1414). Despite this, Zara Yaqob's supporters kept him a perennial candidate for Emperor, ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1816597We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with 15th-Century Monarchs in Africa: Zara Yaqob, Baeda Maryam of Ethiopia, Eskender, Dawit I of Ethiopia, Askia Mohammad I, Yeshaq I of Ethiopia. To get started finding 15th-Century Monarchs in Africa: Zara Yaqob, Baeda Maryam of Ethiopia, Eskender, Dawit I of Ethiopia, Askia Mohammad I, Yeshaq I of Ethiopia, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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2010
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15th-Century Monarchs in Africa: Zara Yaqob, Baeda Maryam of Ethiopia, Eskender, Dawit I of Ethiopia, Askia Mohammad I, Yeshaq I of Ethiopia
Description: Chapters: Zara Yaqob, Baeda Maryam of Ethiopia, Eskender, Dawit I of Ethiopia, Askia Mohammad I, Yeshaq I of Ethiopia, Tewodros I of Ethiopia, Na'od, Takla Maryam, Amda Seyon Ii, Sarwe Iyasus, Amda Iyasus, Joel of Dotawo, Andreyas. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 47. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Zar'a Yaqob or Zera Yacob (Ge'ez: zar' yiqb "Seed of Jacob," modern zer'a y'iqb) (13991468) was (19 or 20 June 14341468) of Ethiopia (throne name Kwestantinos I Ge'ez qastntns or Constantine I), and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. Born at Tilq in the province of Fatagar (now part of the Oromia Region, near the Awash River), Zara Yaqob was the youngest son of Dawit I and his youngest queen, Igzi Kebra. The British expert on Ethiopia, Edward Ullendorff, stated that Zara Yaqob "was unquestionably the greatest ruler Ethiopia had seen since Ezana, during the heyday of Aksumite power, and none of his successors on the throne excepted only the emperors Menelik II and Haile Selassie can be compared to him." Paul B. Henze repeats the tradition that the jealousy of his older brother Tewodros I forced the courtiers to take Zara Yaqob to Tigray where he was brought up in secret, and educated in Axum and at the monastery of Dabra Abbay. While admitting that this tradition "is invaluable as providing a religious background for Zar'a-Ya'iqob's career," Taddesse Tamrat dismisses this story as "very improbable in its details." The professor notes that Zara Yaqob wrote in his Mashafa Berhan that "he was brought down from the royal prison of Mount Gishan only on the eve of his accession to the throne." Upon the death of Emperor Dawit, his older brother Tewodros ordered Zara Yaqob confined on Amba Geshen (around 1414). Despite this, Zara Yaqob's supporters kept him a perennial candidate for Emperor, ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1816597We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with 15th-Century Monarchs in Africa: Zara Yaqob, Baeda Maryam of Ethiopia, Eskender, Dawit I of Ethiopia, Askia Mohammad I, Yeshaq I of Ethiopia. To get started finding 15th-Century Monarchs in Africa: Zara Yaqob, Baeda Maryam of Ethiopia, Eskender, Dawit I of Ethiopia, Askia Mohammad I, Yeshaq I of Ethiopia, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.