Ethiopia
The Ethiopian Empire was a Christian highland state in the Horn of Africa. Its Solomonic dynasty was founded by Yekuno Amlak in 1270. In 1337 Amda Seyon I ruled after invading Ifat and sacking its capital when its sultan seized his envoy.
Zara Yaqob replaced regional warlords with imperial officials during his reign from 1434 to 1468. Adal's imam Ahmed Gran overran much of Ethiopia before Portuguese musketeers helped defeat him in 1543. Fasilides founded Gondar as a permanent capital in 1636. From 1769 rival ras warlords controlled the emperors in the Era of the Princes, which continued into the nineteenth century.
Characters
- Amda Seyon I
- Asay
- Bahr Seggad
- Belen Saba
- Hezba Asgad
- Jin Asgad
- Kirillos
- Newaya Krestos
- Qedma Asgad
- Saba Asgad
- Saf Seggad
- Senfa Ared IV
- Wedem Arad
- Yagbe'u Seyon
- Yekuno Amlak