Menelik I, the Glossary
Menelik I (Ge'ez: ምኒልክ, Mənilək) was the legendary first Emperor of Ethiopia.[1]
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35 relations: Amharic, Ark of the Covenant, Asmara, Axum, Bible, Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion, E. A. Wallis Budge, Emperor of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Ethiopian calendar, Ethiopian–Adal War, Geʽez, Gianfranco Fiaccadori, Gregorian calendar, Gudit, Haile Selassie, Israelites, Jerusalem, Kandake, Kebra Nagast, Kilometre, Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), Lake Ziway, Menelik II, Philip the Apostle, Queen of Sheba, Samaria (ancient city), Semitic languages, Solomon, Solomonic dynasty, Yekuno Amlak, Zagwe dynasty, 10th century BC, 1321, 1922 regnal list of Ethiopia.
- 10th-century BC monarchs
- 10th-century BCE Hebrew people
- Emperors of Ethiopia
- Jewish monarchs
- Queen of Sheba
Amharic
Amharic (or; Amarəñña) is an Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages.
Ark of the Covenant
The Ark of the Covenant, also known as the Ark of the Testimony or the Ark of God, is believed to have been the most sacred religious relic of the Israelites.
See Menelik I and Ark of the Covenant
Asmara
Asmara, or Asmera, is the capital and most populous city of Eritrea, in the country's Central Region.
Axum
Axum, also spelled Aksum (pronounced), is a town in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia with a population of 66,900 residents (as of 2015).
Bible
The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία,, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures, some, all, or a variant of which are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baha'i Faith, and other Abrahamic religions.
Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion
The Church of Our Lady, Mary of Zion is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church which is claimed to contain the Ark of the Covenant.
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E. A. Wallis Budge
Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (27 July 185723 November 1934) was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East.
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Emperor of Ethiopia
The emperor of Ethiopia (nəgusä nägäst, "King of Kings"), also known as the Atse (ዐፄ, "emperor"), was the hereditary ruler of the Ethiopian Empire, from at least the 13th century until the abolition of the monarchy in 1975. Menelik I and emperor of Ethiopia are emperors of Ethiopia.
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Eritrea
Eritrea (or; Ertra), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara.
Ethiopian calendar
The Ethiopian calendar (ዓውደ ወር; ዓዉደ ወርሕ; ዓዉደ ኣዋርሕ), or Ge'ez calendar (Ge'ez: ዓዉደ ወርሕ; Tigrinya: ዓዉደ ኣዋርሕ; የኢትዮጲያ ዘመን ኣቆጣጠር) is the official state civil calendar of Ethiopia and serves as an unofficial customary cultural calendar in Eritrea, and among Ethiopians and Eritreans in the diaspora.
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Ethiopian–Adal War
The Ethiopian–Adal War or Abyssinian–Adal War, also known in Arabic as Futūḥ Al-Ḥabaša (lit), was a military conflict between the Christian Ethiopian Empire and the Muslim Adal Sultanate from 1529 to 1543.
See Menelik I and Ethiopian–Adal War
Geʽez
Geez (or; ግዕዝ, and sometimes referred to in scholarly literature as Classical Ethiopic) is an ancient South Semitic language.
Gianfranco Fiaccadori
Gianfranco Fiaccadori (16 October 1957 – 24 January 2015) was an Italian historian.
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Gregorian calendar
The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most parts of the world.
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Gudit
Gudit (ጉዲት) is the Classical Ethiopic name for a personage also known as Yodit in Tigrinya, and Amharic, but also Isato in Amharic, and Ga'wa in Ţilţal. Menelik I and Gudit are Jewish monarchs and Jewish royalty.
Haile Selassie
Haile Selassie I (Power of the Trinity; born Tafari Makonnen; 23 July 189227 August 1975) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. Menelik I and Haile Selassie are Solomonic dynasty.
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Israelites
The Israelites were a group of Semitic-speaking tribes in the ancient Near East who, during the Iron Age, inhabited a part of Canaan.
Jerusalem
Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.
Kandake
Kandake, kadake or kentake (Meroitic: 𐦲𐦷𐦲𐦡 kdke),Kirsty Rowan, Beitrage zur Sudanforschung 10 (2009). Menelik I and Kandake are Queen of Sheba.
Kebra Nagast
The Kebra Nagast, var.
See Menelik I and Kebra Nagast
Kilometre
The kilometre (SI symbol: km; or), spelt kilometer in American English and Philippine English, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one thousand metres (kilo- being the SI prefix for). It is the preferred measurement unit to express distances between geographical places on land in most of the world; notable exceptions are the United States and the United Kingdom where the statute mile is used.
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)
According to the Deuteronomistic history in the Hebrew Bible, a United Monarchy or United Kingdom of Israel existed under the reigns of Saul, Eshbaal, David, and Solomon, encompassing the territories of both the later kingdoms of Judah and Israel.
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Lake Ziway
Hora-Dambal, also known as Lake Zway or Dambal (Oromo: Hora Dambal, Amharic: ዟይ ሐይቅ), is one of the freshwater Rift Valley lakes of Ethiopia.
Menelik II
Menelik II (ዳግማዊ ምኒልክ; horse name Abba Dagnew (Amharic: አባ ዳኘው abba daññäw); 17 August 1844 – 12 December 1913), baptised as Sahle Maryam (ሣህለ ማርያም sahlä maryam) was king of Shewa from 1866 to 1889 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to his death in 1913. Menelik I and Menelik II are Solomonic dynasty.
Philip the Apostle
Philip the Apostle (Φίλιππος; Aramaic: ܦܝܠܝܦܘܣ; ⲫⲓⲗⲓⲡⲡⲟⲥ, Philippos) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament.
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Queen of Sheba
The Queen of Sheba, also called Bilqis (Yemeni and Islamic tradition) and Makeda (Ethiopian tradition), is a figure first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. Menelik I and Queen of Sheba are 10th-century BC monarchs, Jewish monarchs and People whose existence is disputed.
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Samaria (ancient city)
Samaria (שֹׁמְרוֹן; 𒊓𒈨𒊑𒈾; Greek; السامرة) was the capital city of the Kingdom of Israel between and.
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Semitic languages
The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family.
See Menelik I and Semitic languages
Solomon
Solomon, also called Jedidiah, was a monarch of ancient Israel and the son and successor of King David, according to the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament. Menelik I and Solomon are 10th-century BC monarchs, 10th-century BCE Hebrew people, Jewish royalty and People whose existence is disputed.
Solomonic dynasty
The Solomonic dynasty, also known as the House of Solomon, was the ruling dynasty of the Ethiopian Empire from the thirteenth to twentieth centuries. Menelik I and Solomonic dynasty are emperors of Ethiopia.
See Menelik I and Solomonic dynasty
Yekuno Amlak
Yekuno Amlak (Ge’ez: ይኩኖ አምላክ); throne name Tesfa Iyasus (ተስፋ ኢየሱስ; died 19 June 1285) was Emperor of Ethiopia, from 1270 to 1285, and the founder of the Solomonic dynasty, which lasted until 1974. Menelik I and Yekuno Amlak are Solomonic dynasty.
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Zagwe dynasty
The Zagwe dynasty (ዛጔ መንግሥት) was a medieval Agaw monarchy that ruled the northern parts of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Menelik I and Zagwe dynasty are emperors of Ethiopia.
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10th century BC
The 10th century BC comprises the years from 1000 BC to 901 BC.
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1321
Year 1321 (MCCCXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1922 regnal list of Ethiopia
The 1922 regnal list of Ethiopia is an official regnal list used by the Ethiopian monarchy which names over 300 monarchs across six millennia. Menelik I and 1922 regnal list of Ethiopia are emperors of Ethiopia and Queen of Sheba.
See Menelik I and 1922 regnal list of Ethiopia
See also
10th-century BC monarchs
- Agis I
- David
- Hiram I
- Karimala
- List of state leaders in the 10th century BC
- Menelik I
- Nimlot A
- Queen of Sheba
- Shoshenq A
- Solomon
10th-century BCE Hebrew people
- Abishag
- Adoniram
- Ahijah the Shilonite
- Ahinadab
- Bathsheba
- David
- Ethan (biblical figure)
- Ethni
- Hadad the Edomite
- House of Jeroboam
- Hushai
- Jashobeam
- Jedaiah
- Jeduthun
- Jehu (prophet)
- Joab
- Jonadab
- Menelik I
- Mephibosheth
- Michal
- Nathan (prophet)
- Oded, father of Azariah
- Seorim
- Sheba son of Bichri
- Shemaiah (prophet)
- Solomon
- Tamar (daughter of David)
- Uzzah
- Zaham
- Zeruah
Emperors of Ethiopia
- 1922 regnal list of Ethiopia
- Amda Seyon I
- Battle of the Assem
- Emperor of Ethiopia
- Gebre Meskel Lalibela
- Germa Seyum
- Harbai
- Jan Seyum
- Kedus Harbe
- Mairari
- Mara Takla Haymanot
- Menelik I
- Na'akueto La'ab
- Na'od
- Regnal lists of Ethiopia
- Sarsa Dengel
- Solomonic dynasty
- Tatadim
- Tewodros I
- Tewodros II
- Victor Emmanuel III
- Yemrehana Krestos
- Yetbarak
- Yohannes IV
- Zagwe dynasty
Jewish monarchs
- Aaron I
- Aaron II
- Benjamin (Khazar)
- Bulan (Khazar)
- Exilarchs
- Gudit
- Hanukkah ben Obadiah
- Hezekiah (Khazar)
- Isaac (Khazar)
- Izates II
- Joseph (Khazar)
- Kings of Israel and Judah
- Kings of ancient Israel
- Kings of ancient Judah
- List of Jewish states and dynasties
- Manasseh I
- Manasseh II
- Menahem (Khazar)
- Menelik I
- Monobaz II
- Nisi ben Menasseh
- Obadiah (Khazar)
- Polemon II of Pontus
- Queen of Sheba
- Tigranes VI of Armenia
- Zebulun (Khazar)
Queen of Sheba
- 1 Kings 10
- 1196 Sheba
- 1922 regnal list of Ethiopia
- 2 Chronicles 9
- Ages in Chaos
- An-Naml
- Angabo
- Asif ibn Barkhiya
- Balm of Gilead
- Danielis
- Great Zimbabwe
- Hebrew riddles
- Kandake
- Matthew 12:42
- Menelik I
- Queen of Sheba
- Queen of the South (biblical reference)
- Setne Khamwas and Si-Osire
- Sungbo's Eredo
- Targum Sheni
- The Book of the City of Ladies
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menelik_I
Also known as Ebna la-Hakim, Ebnehaquem, Menelek I of Ethiopia, Menelik I of Ethiopia.