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Location of Wollo within the Ethiopian Empire
Wollo (Amharic: ወሎ) was a historical province of northern Ethiopia. During the Middle Ages this province name was Amhara or Bete Amhara and it was the centre of the Amhara Solomonic emperors prior to the Oromo invasion into the province which resulted in many of the places names (including the name of the province itself) to be changed from its original names in Amharic and Ge’ez. Bete Amhara had an illustrious place in Ethiopian political and cultural history. It was the center of the Solomonic Dynasty established by Emperor Yekuno Amlak around Lake Hayq in 1270, the original center of Amhara people, whose territorial reach extended from Lake Hayq and the Beshillo River in the north, the Afar and Argobba lowlands in the east, the Abbay River in the West, and the Awash River just south of modern Addis Ababa.[1]
The original Wollo/Bete Amhara province was only on the area of modern day South Wollo. But in the 1940s, under Emperor Haile Selassie, administration changes were made and provinces such as Lasta, Raya (Angot) and parts of Afar were incorporated into Wollo.
^Alvares, Francisco. (1961). The Prester John of the Indies; a true relation of the lands of the Prester John, being the narrative of the Portuguese embassy to Ethiopia in 1520. Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press. OCLC 1636969.
Wollo (Amharic: ወሎ) was a historical province of northern Ethiopia. During the Middle Ages this province name was Amhara or Bete Amhara and it was the...
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January 1883. He was given the command of Wolloprovince at the time of his wedding. Because of a revolt raised in Wollo due to the death of dejazmach Amda Sadiq...
Negus Mikael of Wollo (born Mohammed Ali, 1850 – 8 September 1918), was an army commander and a member of the nobility of the Ethiopian Empire. He was...
was known for his talk show The Alebeh Show. Alebachew was born in WolloProvince, in a small town called Wurgessa in 1962. He completed his elementary...
of fascist Italy bombed his tiny village, Bashagia in what was then WolloProvince. His gift of writing has enabled him to secure journalistic jobs at...
led peasants lost 75% production to landlords. Total forest cover in WolloProvince was approximately 2.2% of the total area in 1980, and in Tigray 0.5%...
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early 19th century, Magdala was a mountain stronghold, or amba in the Wolloprovince of the Amhara people. When Johann Ludwig Krapf camped at its foot on...
by WolloProvince, northeast by French Somaliland and on the east by Somalia. Originally however Hararghe included the Sidamo, Bale and Arsi Province until...
is located in north central Ethiopia. It covered most of Ethiopia's WolloProvince, along with significant parts of north Shewa, Gojjam, and later, it...
Emperor Haile Selassie. Menen Asfaw was born in Ambassel, located in WolloProvince of Ethiopian Empire on 25 March 1889. She was the daughter of Asfaw...
South Wollo (Amharic: ደቡብ ወሎ) is a zone in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It acquired its name from the former province of Wollo. South Wollo is bordered...
North Wollo (Amharic: ሰሜን ወሎ) also called Semien Wollo, is a zone in Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It is bordered on the south by South Wollo, on the west...
The Ambassel scale is a pentatonic scale widely used in the Gonder and Wollo regions of Ethiopia. The notes of the scale (from C) are C, Db, F, G and...
Imperial rule the Kingdom of Shewa and the province of Gojjam. He crushed the many lords and princes of Wollo and Tigray and brought recalcitrant regions...
in the city of Dessie, in the Wolloprovince of Ethiopia. Iyasu’s father was descended from the Muslim rulers of Wollo and was of mostly Oromo descent...
Succeeded by Ahmed Shide Personal details Born June 1974 (age 49) Alamata, WolloProvince, Ethiopian Empire (present-day Alamata, Tigray Region, Ethiopia) Political...
states hostile policies towards Muslims in the region. At first Mikael of Wollo did not take Talha's revolt seriously and dismissed him as merely an individual...
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church, then a few days later fled to the territories of his kinsmen in Wolloprovince, where he disappeared from history. Both Proutky and Trimingham give...
Hayq in WolloProvince of Ethiopia. He further explains that there may have been a regional power struggle between Aksum and this queen of Wollo whom had...
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