The Ethiopian Empire, also called Abyssinia, was a state in the Horn of Africa that began with Yekuno Amlak, who overthrew the Zagwe dynasty and founded the Solomonic dynasty, whose rulers claimed descent from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. The Christian highland kingdom fought Muslim sultanates such as Adal in the 16th century, with Portuguese help, and later had its capital at Gondar. After a long period of fragmentation known as the Era of the Princes, Emperors Tewodros II and Menelik II revived and enlarged the empire, and Menelik defeated Italy at Adwa in 1896. Haile Selassie ruled from 1930, with a period of Italian occupation between 1936 and 1941, until he was deposed by the Derg military junta in 1974, and the monarchy was formally abolished the following year.
Before and after
- 26 February 1266Battle of Benevento
- 4 April 1268Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1268
- from 14 May 1268 to 18 May 1268Siege of Antioch
- 1270Rise of House of Valois
- from 1270 to 1975Ethiopian Empire
- 1270Glasses
- 1270Construction of Malbork Castle
- from 18 July 1270 to 30 October 1270Eighth Crusade
- from 1271 to 1272Ninth Crusade
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The era
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