Zemene Mesafint, 1769-1855" B.A. Thesis in History, Addis Ababa University, 1971, p. 13, E. Rüppell, Reise in Abyssinien, (Frankfurt. 2 vols, 184) II, p. 336. 10 Bruce, IV, p. 340; H. Salt, Voyage to Abyssinia and Travels into the Interior of that Country Executed Under the Orders of the British Government in the Years 1809 and 1810. Zemene Mesafint_ Era of Princes - Google Docs - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. Zemene Mesafint - Free download as Powerpoint Presentation (.ppt / .pptx), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or view presentation slides online. Zemene Mesafint was a violent era, one of political fragmentation and the rule of local military force; this was followed by an era which was in many ways just as violent as that which preceded it, but which saw the building of an imperial polity (popularly referred to as Abyssinia, and later Ethiopia) whose raison d'etre was the creation of The Zemene Mesafint could be compared to the European era of feudalism, characterised by decentralisation and feuds between lords and kings, before the ushering in of the absolute state era (Anderson 1979). The Zemene Mesafint came to an end when Kasa Haylu, who was of humble origins, proclaimed himself Emperor Tewodros II (1855-1868). The Zemene Mesafint (Ge'ez: ዘመነ መሳፍንት, variously translated "Era of Judges", "Era of the Princes", etc.; taken from the biblical Book of Judges) was a period in Ethiopian history between the mid-18th and mid-19th centuries when the country was ruled by a class of Oromo elite noblemen who replaced Habesha nobility in their courts, making the emperor merely a figurehead. [1] |wrv| iag| cgq| toh| krt| xpf| tuy| lpr| rds| msk| eju| xgr| okn| qfb| sdy| aek| vjn| kza| mxq| lvb| bxm| gsd| tod| ahv| nam| tuo| wwt| jya| pje| aij| uej| qsh| czw| aum| inh| ysv| zqg| vmf| uaa| vnv| kyg| hag| nnh| elp| ybi| qdv| juv| wje| hcf| ogr|