The Kingdom of Simien (Hebrew: ממלכת סאמיאן), sometimes referred to as the Kingdom of Beta Israel (ממלכת ביתא ישראל), refers to a probably legendary Jewish kingdom said to have been located in the northwestern part of the Ethiopian Empire. The existence of such a kingdom somewhere in the Horn of Africa was first mentioned by the traveller Benjamin of Tudela in the 12th century CE.[1]
A late Ethiopian-Jewish legend dates the establishment of a Kingdom of Simien to the 4th century CE, right after the Kingdom of Aksum turned to Christianity during the reign of Ezana.[2][3] The existence of such a nation plays a significant role in the modern traditions of the Beta Israel.
^Fauvelle-Aymar 2013, p. 383.
^Bruce 1804, p. 485.
^Kaplan 1993, p. 94. sfn error: no target: CITEREFKaplan1993 (help)
The KingdomofSimien (Hebrew: ממלכת סאמיאן), sometimes referred to as the Kingdomof Beta Israel (ממלכת ביתא ישראל), refers to a probably legendary Jewish...
The Kingdomof Aksum (Ge'ez: መንግሥተ አክሱም, Mängəśtä ʾäksum), also known as the Kingdomof Axum or the Aksumite Empire, was a kingdom centered in Northeast...
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king and ultimately the Biblical Menelik I and the Queen of Sheba, it replaced the Agaw kingdomof the Zagwe. While initially a rather small and politically...
based on the Agaw laws of inheritance. According to one tradition, around 960, Queen Gudit destroyed the remnants of the Kingdomof Aksum, causing a shift...
which was located in the Horn of Africa. It was founded by Sabr ad-Din II after the fall of the Sultanate of Ifat. The kingdom flourished circa 1415 to 1577...
destroyed by Gudit of the KingdomofSimien c. 1270 Makhzumi Sultan assisted Yekuno Amlak rebellion against Zagwe dynasty c. 1285 the Conquest of Makhzumi by...
Gojjam, Sabagadis Woldu of Tigre, Ras Wolde Selassie of Tigre, Dejazmach Wube Haile Mariam ofSimien, and Negus Sahle Selassie of Shewa. The lords fought...
modern region of Amhara. c. 960 Axumite Empire said to have been destroyed and defeated by Gudit of the KingdomofSimien c. 1285 The Conquest of Shewa by...
in June 1974 as the Coordinating Committee of the Armed Forces, Police and Territorial Army, by officers of the Ethiopian Army and Police led initially...
or other symbols instead of Ethiopic characters. The Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis), also called the Simien jackal and Simien fox, is a canine native...
Gurage, Agaw and Harari, among others. One of the first kingdoms to rise to power in the territory was the kingdomof D'mt in the 10th century BC, which established...
area of the Kingdomof Aksum and the Ethiopian Empire, which is currently divided between the modern-day Amhara and Tigray regions of Ethiopia. Most of the...
and would persecute the Levites. Furra, a queen of the Sidama people KingdomofSimien "In spite of the different names and other variations in the story...
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of Ethiopia dates back to the foundation of early Ethiopian Kingdoms in 980 BC. Ethiopia has been involved many of the major conflicts in the horn of...
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and shape of the Ethiopian wolf has at times led it to be regarded as a jackal, thus it has also been called the "red jackal" or the "Simien jackal". Like...
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