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This article is about the history of Gondar, a city in Amhara Region of Ethiopia, and previously served as the capital of the Ethiopian Empire from 1632 (at the beginning of Gondarine period to 1855 (end of Zemene Mesafint) era.

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History of Gondar

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history of Gondar, a city in Amhara Region of Ethiopia, and previously served as the capital of the Ethiopian Empire from 1632 (at the beginning of Gondarine...

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Gondar

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North Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region, Gondar is north of Lake Tana on the Lesser Angereb River and southwest of the Simien Mountains. As of 2023[update]...

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University of Gondar

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The University of Gondar, until 2003 known as the Gondar College of Medical Sciences, is the oldest medical school in Ethiopia. Established as the Public...

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Battle of Gondar

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The Battle of Gondar or Capture of Gondar was the last stand of the Italian forces in Italian East Africa during the Second World War. The battle took...

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Begemder

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known as Gondar or Gonder) was a province in northwest Ethiopia. The alternative names come from its capital during the 20th century, Gondar. A plausible...

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Gondarine period

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and a period of decentralization in 1769, known as the Zemene Mesafint. Gondar was founded by Emperor Fasilides in 1636 as a permanent capital, and became...

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Fasil Ghebbi

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fortress located in Gondar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. It was founded in the 17th century by Emperor Fasilides and was the home of Ethiopian emperors. Its...

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Gondar funeral attack

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The Gondar funeral attack took place on 26 April 2022 when a group of unidentified armed men attacked the mourners at the funeral of chieftain Sheik Kamal...

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Gondar Airport

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Gondar Airport (IATA: GDQ, ICAO: HAGN), also known as Atse Tewodros Airport, is a public airport serving Gondar, a city in the northern Amhara Region...

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Gultosh

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all-Jewish village located near the city of Gondar, in Ethiopia. Gultosh location is about 10 kilometers East from Gondar City center, across the Angereb river...

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Tekle Haymanot of Gondar

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1789 by the Emperor Baede Maryam's courtiers. He established his palace in Gondar, and ruled there for around a year. He may be identical with the Emperor...

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War in Amhara

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four towns of the North Gondar, North Wollo and North Shewa zones. Further escalation erupted on 1 August between Fano and ENDF troops in Gondar, Debre Tabor...

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Iyasu I

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"the bodies of all his ancestors". Once his brother Tewoflos became Emperor, he initiated Iyasu's canonization. The political history of Gondar after the...

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History of the Jews in Ethiopia

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Mesafint, a period of recurring civil strife. Although the capital was nominally in Gondar during this time period, the decentralization of government and...

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History of Ethiopia

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in Gondar Zuria Woreda: from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century (MA). University of Gondar. pp. 57–62. Marcus, Harold (1994). A History of Ethiopia...

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List of Gondarine churches

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Getahun, History of the City of Gondar (Trenton: Africa World Press, 2005), pp. 17f Munro-Hay, Ethiopia, p. 139 Solomon Getahun, City of Gondar, pp. 22...

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Amhara Region

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With the rise of the Solomonic Dynasty in 1270 under Emperor Yekuno Amlak (born in the Maqdalla region) and until the establishment of Gondar as the new...

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Ethiopia

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Getamun, City of Gondar, p. 5 Pankhurst, Economic History of Ethiopia (Addis Ababa: Haile Selassie University Press, 1968), pp. 297f "Gondar Period". ethiopianhistory...

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Zemene Mesafint

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Kenfu Hailu of Gondar, Ras Dullu Menz, Ras Hailu Yosedeq of Gojjam, Sabagadis Woldu of Tigre, Ras Wolde Selassie of Tigre, Wube Haile Mariam of Simien, and...

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List of zones of Ethiopia

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Awi East Gojjam North Gondar Central Gondar West Gondar Wag Hemra West Gojjam Bahir Dar (special zone) West Gojjam South Gondar North Wollo South Wollo...

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Italian submarine Gondar

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submarine Gondar was an Adua-class submarine built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) during the 1930s. It was named after a city of Gondar in northern...

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Tewodros II

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horseman in Abyssinia. Kassa Hailu was born in Qwara west of Gondar, his father was an Amhara nobleman of the Qwara district named Hailegiorgis Woldegiorgis...

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Sebara Dildiy

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finding this to be unacceptable, made his way to the Emperor's palace in Gondar whereupon he openly condemned Fasilides. The furious Emperor then had the...

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Fasilides

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name was Alam Sagad (Ge'ez: ዓለም ሰገድ). Renowned as the founder of Gondar, the capital of the Ethiopian Empire, Fasilides ushered in the Gondarine period...

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Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam

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the brutality that took place during the sack of Gondar: […] The road to Gondar, the former capital of Abyssinia, was now clear, and Abu Anga advanced...

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Economic history of Africa

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Cameroon weaving, 1919. Essaouira in 1809. Port of Zeila, 19th century. Bridge over the Magech River near Gondar, 1883. After World War II, European attitudes...

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Salomon III

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the property of Tekle Giyorgis in Gondar. Salomon was forced to flee Gondar, and took refuge in Axum where he lived under the protection of Ras Wolde Selassie...

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Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

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Archbishop of Gondar, a member of the Derg-era Ethiopian Parliament, was elected and enthroned as Abuna Merkorios. Following the fall of the Derg regime...

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