Ethiopian Empire

E61656

historical empire monarchy state

The Ethiopian Empire was a historic monarchy in the Horn of Africa, centered on Ethiopia and ruled by a succession of emperors until 1974.

Aliases (2)

Ethiopian monarchy ×1
Solomonic kingdom ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical empire → monarchy → state →
alsoKnownAs	Ethiopia → surface form: "Abyssinia"
capital	Addis Ababa → Aksum → Gondar →
claimedDescentFrom	QueenOfSheba → surface form: "Queen of Sheba" King Solomon → surface form: "Solomon"
continent	Africa →
coreTerritory	Ethiopia →
currency	Ethiopian birr →
defeated	Kingdom of Italy →
dynasty	Solomonic dynasty →
endEvent	Abolition of the monarchy in Ethiopia →
endYear	1974 →
flagUsed	tricolor green-yellow-red →
governmentType	absolute monarchy → feudal monarchy →
headOfStateTitle	Emperor of Ethiopia →
historicalLanguage	Geʽez →
joinedOrganization	League of Nations → African Union → surface form: "Organization of African Unity" United Nations →
lastConstitutionYear	1955 →
lastRuler	Haile Selassie I →
legalSystem	Fetha Nagast → surface form: "Fetha Nagast (historically)"
locatedIn	Horn of Africa →
majorCity	Addis Ababa → Gondar → Harar →
majorEthnicGroup	Amhara (commonly reported) → surface form: "Amhara" Oromo people → surface form: "Oromo" Tigray-Tigrinya people → surface form: "Tigrayans"
nationalSymbol	Lion of Judah →
notableEvent	Battle of Adwa →
notableEventYear	1896 →
occupationPeriod	1936–1941 →
officialLanguage	Amharic →
overthrowEvent	1974 Ethiopian Revolution →
predecessorState	Aksumite Empire → surface form: "Kingdom of Aksum" Zagwe dynasty →
recognizedFor	resistance to European colonization →
religion	Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church →
religiousCharacteristic	predominantly Christian →
successorState	Derg → Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia →
temporarilyOccupiedBy	Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED →

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pharaoh’s daughter → associatedWith → Ethiopian Empire →

this entity surface form: "Solomonic kingdom"

First Italo-Ethiopian War → belligerent → Ethiopian Empire →

Second Italo-Ethiopian War → belligerent → Ethiopian Empire →

Haile Selassie I → birthPlace → Ethiopian Empire →

Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church → closelyLinkedTo → Ethiopian Empire →

this entity surface form: "Ethiopian monarchy"

First Italo-Ethiopian War → conflictBetween → Ethiopian Empire →

Second Italo-Ethiopian War → defender → Ethiopian Empire →

Scramble for Africa → involves → Ethiopian Empire →

Haile Selassie I → monarchOf → Ethiopian Empire →

Berlin Conference → notableNonParticipant → Ethiopian Empire →

Eritrean War of Independence → opponent → Ethiopian Empire →

Asmara → wasPartOf → Ethiopian Empire →