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Big Words Big Point Flashcards

To KNOW BASIC WORDS IN STUDY

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Zeila

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main port outlet (Zagwe)

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Adefa (Roha) later Lalibela

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Lasta Capital

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Mera Tekle Haymanot

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founder of Zagwe

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Dahlak Islands on the ____coast

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red sea

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“illegitimate”

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Zagwe Kings were considered

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South of Lasta, around Southern Wollo and Northern Shewa

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Amhara Region

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Dil Naod

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last Axumite king

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Yetbarek

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the last King Zagwe

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Yekuno Amlak

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the restorer of the “Solomonic dynasty”

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896 AD
Makhzumite clan of southern Arabia

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Sultanate of Shewa

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hot lowland region on
the left of the Awash River

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location of the sultanate of Shewa

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emerged to the south of Shewa,
founded by Umar Walasma (hence the Walasma dynasty)
1285 AD

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Ifat

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The ruling family of this state had an internal power struggle which later led to its final decline.

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Sultanate of Shewa

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Since 1270

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the Christian highland state had
also developed a great interest in the Zeila trade and trade routes

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a vast continent

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Africa

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over 1000 diverse and interrelated languages

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are currently spoken in Africa

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4- Super Families

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Niger Congo (Congo-Khordofanian)
Afro-Asiatic
Nilo-Saharan
Khoi San

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speakers of the Afro-Asiatic super-family live

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in northern Africa, the Sahara, the Horn of Africa and around Lake Chad

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6- Afro-Asiatic Families

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Berber, Chadic, Coptic (Ancient Egyptian), Cushitic, Omotic and Semitic

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The Semitic language sub-group is spoken mainly in

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the Horn of Africa

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Omotic sub-family is
spoken

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only in Ethiopia

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most significant number of speakers, followed by the Afro-Asiatic Super–Family

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Niger-Congo super-family

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covers much of West Africa
and all of Bantu Africa

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Niger-Congo super-family

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Niger-Congo super-family two
main branches which are

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Niger-Congo and Kordofanian

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