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
Gondar
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Gondar, also spelled Gonder, is a city and woreda in Ethiopia. Located in the North Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region, Gondar is north of Lake Tana on the Lesser Angereb River and southwest of the Simi
Gonder from the Goha hotel
Mentewab's Castle
Chancellery of Yohannes I 03
Fasilides Bath 06