Axum
In N. Ethiopia. In the early 6th cent. it emerged as a major Christian power, and even after the disappearance of the kingdom of Axum in the 7th cent. the Churches have retained their prestige ...
Diocletianic Era
The reckoning of time from the year of Diocletian's accession (ad 284). It is also known as the ‘Era of the Martyrs’.
Haile Selassie
(1892–1975),emperor of Ethiopia 1930–74. In exile in Britain during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia (1936–41), he was restored to the throne by the Allies and ruled until deposed by a military ...
Nuba
Ethnic group of south-central Sudan.The Nuba, numbering somewhat over one million people, inhabit a mountainous area in the southern part of Kordofan Province in Sudan. They are distantly related ...
