Mentewab
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Mentewab was Empress of Ethiopia, consort of Emperor Bakaffa, mother of Iyasu II and grandmother of Iyoas I. She was also known officially by her baptismal name of Walatta Giyorgis. Mentewab was a maj
Itege (Empress) Mentewab lying prostrate at Mary's feet at Nerga Selassie in Lake Tana, 1748.
Stamp of Mentewab by Afewerk Tekle
Mentewab's Castle in Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar, Ethiopia
Zemene Mesafint
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The Zemene Mesafint variously translated "Era of Judges", "Era of the Princes," "Age of Princes," etc.; taken from the biblical Book of Judges was a period in Ethiopian history between the mid-18th an
Ethiopian warriors during the Zemene Mesafint
Empress Mentewab, an important figure of the Zemene Mesafint, prostrating herself before Mary on a painting from Narga Selassie, 1748
Abyssinian cavalry c. 1770 from German version Zu den Quellen des Blauen Nils of Bruce original work
Tewodros II, who brought an end to the Zemene Mesafint