1270 battle of the Zagwe and Solomonic dynasties in medieval Ethiopia
Battle of Ansata
Date
1270
Location
Gayint, Ethiopia, north of Bashilo River
Result
Decisive victory of Yekuno Amlak
Fall of the Zagwe dynasty
Beginning of the Solomonic dynasty with the ascension of Yekuno Amlak
Belligerents
Amhara rebels Makhzumi Dynasty
Zagwe dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Yekuno Amlak Unnamed Malassay
Yetbarak †
Strength
Unknown Amhara soldiers Unknown Gafat regiments
Unknown Agew soldiers
The Battle of Ansata was fought in the year 1270 AD between the forces of Yekuno Amlak, future emperor of Ethiopia, and Yetbarak of the Zagwe dynasty.[1]
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pursued the last king of the Zagwe and killed him at the BattleofAnsata. In his land grants of 1204 and 1225, Lalibela called himself negus ("king"),...
considerable aid from the Muslim Sultanate of Shewa with an army of followers, defeated the Zagwe king at the BattleofAnsata. Taddesse Tamrat argued that this...
and ultimately the Queen of Sheba, overthrew the Agaw Zagwe dynasty at the BattleofAnsata, ushering his reign as Emperor of Ethiopia. While initially...
tradition" as Za-Ilmaknun, the king of the Zagwe dynasty whom Yekuno Amlak killed and succeeded after the BattleofAnsata. He notes that Za-Ilmaknun is translated...
king and defeated him at the BattleofAnsata. Taddesse Tamrat argued that this king was Yetbarak, but due to a local form of damnatio memoriae, his name...
Gafat Malassay in the decisive BattleofAnsata against the Zagwe dynasty. In the reign of Yeshaq I (1412-1417), a number of Gafat communities such as Malägwe...
The Malassay participated in the conquest of Abyssinia at the decisive Battleof Shimbra Kure. Emperor Lebna Dengel chronicles states the Malassay alongside...
last ruler of the Zagwe dynasty at the BattleofAnsata. The early rulers of the Solomonic Dynasty may of been referred to as the "kings of Amhara", due...
of Ansata, a war between Solomonic dynasty led by Yekuno Amlak and Zagwe dynasty led by Yetbarak. 1270 – Ascension of Yekuno Amlak as Emperor of Ethiopia...
et al., p. 90 Roosevelt et al., p. 91 Murphy and Arlington, p. 210 "Crux Ansata". gutenberg.net.au. Retrieved 13 April 2018. Failmezger, p.29 "Bombardate...
amulet, especially when used with either a Cross of Tau, the Hebrew Yodh, or the Egyptian Crux Ansata in the center.: 19–20 Talismanic shirts are found...
figure of Libertas, the Roman goddess of liberty. She holds a torch above her head with her right hand, and in her left hand carries a tabula ansata inscribed...
Suicide of Decebalus-Tiberius Claudius Maximus (according to M.P Spiedel) VII: the bodies of the Dacians thrown off the cliffs (Gramatopol) tabula ansata on...
including the crux gammata with curving or angular lines, and the Egyptian crux ansata with a loop. Speculation has associated the cross symbol – even in the prehistoric...
bloodstock. Ansata Publications. ISBN 0962564400. Hendricks, Bonnie (2007). International Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds (2nd ed.). Norman: University of Oklahoma...
with Abyssinia only took place in the reign of Menelik II, particularly after his success at the Battleof Adwa in 1896, when the Italians were defeated...
Jesus on it with the great tabula ansata at his head with the text: IHS NAZAREN | REX IVDEORV ("Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews") in capital letters....
inspiration from a shield depicted on the Triumphal Arch of Orange. The tabula ansata detail at the top of the bronzework decoration was based findings from...
on top of a hill. Fragments of Corinthian columns have been found, and a mosaic floor, with dedicatory inscription in Greek and tabula ansata was excavated...