Big Words Big Point Flashcards
To KNOW BASIC WORDS IN STUDY
Zeila
main port outlet (Zagwe)
Adefa (Roha) later Lalibela
Lasta Capital
Mera Tekle Haymanot
founder of Zagwe
Dahlak Islands on the ____coast
red sea
“illegitimate”
Zagwe Kings were considered
South of Lasta, around Southern Wollo and Northern Shewa
Amhara Region
Dil Naod
last Axumite king
Yetbarek
the last King Zagwe
Yekuno Amlak
the restorer of the “Solomonic dynasty”
896 AD
Makhzumite clan of southern Arabia
Sultanate of Shewa
hot lowland region on
the left of the Awash River
location of the sultanate of Shewa
emerged to the south of Shewa,
founded by Umar Walasma (hence the Walasma dynasty)
1285 AD
Ifat
The ruling family of this state had an internal power struggle which later led to its final decline.
Sultanate of Shewa
Since 1270
the Christian highland state had
also developed a great interest in the Zeila trade and trade routes
a vast continent
Africa
over 1000 diverse and interrelated languages
are currently spoken in Africa
4- Super Families
Niger Congo (Congo-Khordofanian)
Afro-Asiatic
Nilo-Saharan
Khoi San
speakers of the Afro-Asiatic super-family live
in northern Africa, the Sahara, the Horn of Africa and around Lake Chad
6- Afro-Asiatic Families
Berber, Chadic, Coptic (Ancient Egyptian), Cushitic, Omotic and Semitic
The Semitic language sub-group is spoken mainly in
the Horn of Africa
Omotic sub-family is
spoken
only in Ethiopia
most significant number of speakers, followed by the Afro-Asiatic Super–Family
Niger-Congo super-family
covers much of West Africa
and all of Bantu Africa
Niger-Congo super-family
Niger-Congo super-family two
main branches which are
Niger-Congo and Kordofanian
