The Queen of the Habasha in Ethiopian history, tradition and chronology
2000; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 63; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/s0041977x00006443
ISSN1474-0699
Autores Tópico(s)African history and culture analysis
ResumoIt is well known from relatively recent Ethiopic tradition that Ethiopia was once ruled by a queen called Gudit, Yodit, Isat or Gaՙwa, with both positive and negative characteristics. On the one hand she was a beautiful woman of the Ethiopian royal family, much like the Queen of Sheba, and on the other she was a despicable prostitute who, at a time of political weakness, killed the Ethiopian king, captured the throne, and as a cruel ruler destroyed Aksum, the capital, persecuted the priests, and closed the churches.
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