The Ethiopian Empire
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Spreading across modern day Eritrea and Ethiopia around 1137 CE – 1975 CE, and Stretching from the Middle Ages all the way to the Cold War, the Ethiopian Empire (or Abyssinia, as it was also known) is the longest lasting of the African kingdoms.

It survived some of the most tumultuous events in modern-day history. It resisted various enemies attempting to encroach on its territory, from the Ottoman and Italian armies to the Egyptians.
some of its rulers are said to be descended from King Solomon. https://twitter.com/Joe__Bassey/status/1286578299880247296?s=19

During the Scramble for Africa which saw European powers asserting colonial authority across African territories, Ethiopia successfully fought off and defeated Italy in the First Italo-Ethiopian War. https://twitter.com/Joe__Bassey/status/1304315491922608128?s=19

The empire’s decline began when they lost the Second Italo-Ethiopian War in 1935 and the monarchy was abolished in 1974 by a military junta. Dawit II, Emperor of Ethiopia, part of the Solomonic dynasty (a dynasty of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba).

Some sources revealed that the Empire is one of the two most powerful African states, and is only rivaled by the United Arab Republic (UAR) in the north. It is also one of three states which is a nuclear power, but is not a signatary to the Nuclear Power Treaty (NPT).

The Ethiopian Empire borders the United Arab Republic to the north, Sudan to the northwest, the West African Federation and the People's Republic of the Congo to the west, the Red Sea to the northeast, the United States of South Africa to the south, and East by the Indian Ocean.

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