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History and Religion of Ethiopia Luisa Miari and Carolina Elias : -…
History and Religion of Ethiopia
Luisa Miari and Carolina Elias :
Connections with the Ancient World
Hub for caravan routes to Egypt and Nubia
International trading power: access to trade along the Red Sea
Adulis was crowded by traders.
Salt, rhinoceros horns, tortoise shells, ivory, emeralds and gold was exported by Aksumite merchants.
They imported cloth, glass, olive oil, wine, brass, iron and copper.
Ethiopia is the oldest independent
country in Africa
An ancient kingdom known as Aksum existed in
Ethiopia from 100 AD to 940 AD
The wealth of Aksum came from international trade and can be seen in the architectural legacy of the Empire, specifically the giant stelae obelisks left behind.
The largest of these towers
discovered would have measured 33 metres high
Christianity was brought to Aksum via merchants in
the 4th century
The decision to adopt Christianity was most likely influenced by a desire to strengthen the trading relationship with the newly Christianized Roman Empire
One of Ethiopia’s great achievements was the construction of 11 churches at Lalibela in the 12th century
A legend within Ethiopian Christianity is the fabled “Ark of the Covenant”, the chest which
contains the stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments, is located today in Ethiopia.
God gave the Tables of the Law which contained the Ten Commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai. Some biblical scholars date the event around the year 1440 BC.
After the destruction of the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem in 586 BC , no one knows for sure where the Ark of the Covenant ended up.
Almost 45 million Ethiopian Orthodox Christians are convinced that the Ark of the Covenant was taken about 3,000 years ago to Axum,
Never colonized
Oldest christian nation/ liturgy
12 days of Orthodox
Different timing / calendar
Lalibela
Things belong to biblical past
Menelik brought back the mandments