Solomonic dynasty
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title:
Solomonic dynasty
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The Solomonic dynasty, also known as the House of Solomon, was the ruling dynasty of the Ethiopian Empire from the thirteenth to twentieth centuries. The dynasty was founded by Yekuno Amlak, who overthrew the Zagwe dynasty in 1270. His successors claimed he was descended from the legendary king Menelik I, the supposed son of the biblical King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, in order to legitimize the dynasty's assumption of power. Although this claimed ancestry gave the dynasty its name, there i
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Imperial Ethiopian dynasty (1270–1974)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomonic_dynasty
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2005-02-11T20:56:49Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T11:25:13Z
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