Damot (Amharic: ዳሞት) was a historical region located in western Ethiopia. The region was situated south of Gojjam and covered most of Ethiopia's Welega...

Damot may refer to: Damot (historical region), a medieval province in western Ethiopia Dʿmt, ancient kingdom in Eritrea and Ethiopia, the Horn of Africa...

Sultanate of Shewa and linked to the Harla. Before the pagan Kingdom of Damot's invasion led by Sidama. A cluster of speakers labelled Hadiya-Sidama developed...

influence of Damot in the region. Some academics have claimed that Damot was equivalent to the Kingdom of Wolaita, with the most famous ruler of Damot, Motolomi...

area lay as a "buffer zone" or "no man's land" between southern Sennar and Damot in the highlands. The Ethiopian Emperor Susenyos invaded the area in 1617/18...

(Amharic: ዶባ, Afar: Dobaq) also known as the Country of Dobas was a historical Muslim region in central modern Ethiopia. Historian Fesseha Berhe associates...

a note in a manuscript of Amda Seyon's military campaigns there and in Damot in 1309 EC (1316/7 CE), during which time it was incorporated into Ethiopia...

Lasta) of Bete Amhara, Gojjam, Begemder, northern Shewa, Gafat, and Damot The region's recorded history, in fact, goes back to the early 13th century. For...

formerly romanized as Shua, Shoa, Showa, Shuwa (Scioà in Italian), is a historical region of Ethiopia which was formerly an autonomous kingdom within the Ethiopian...

century, the area according to his hagiography had been under the control of Damot and its ruler Motolemi. Soon however it became one firmly under the control...

contested hegemony with the Sultanate of Shewa and the powerful Kingdom of Damot.: 423, 431  In the 13th century the Zagwe were overthrown by the Solomonic...

main reasons for Shewa's decline was due to conflict with the Kingdom of Damot. Shewa Sultanate, established in 896, is the first Muslim state inland and...

archeological evidence in the region, such as ancient cemeteries in the Hargeisa region of Somaliland embossed with the Star of David. The Damot Kingdom, led by the...

Hinnario), was a kingdom in the Gibe region in what is now western Ethiopia. It became independent from the kingdom of Damot in the 14th century and would be...

translated as "Neck," possibly referring to the province geography) was a historical region in northern Ethiopia. It was bordered on the west by Bugna and the...

emperor of Ethiopia, and is said to have campaigned against the Kingdom of Damot, which lay south of the Abbay River. According to Arabic texts found in...

located north of the Genale river (Bali, Amhara, Gafat, Damot, Adal). Warfare in the region essentially involved acquiring cattle and slaves, winning...

that Brigadier General Gaddissa Diro was killed by Fano forces in Dega Damot woreda of Gojjam. It is reported General Diro was killed in Fano's offensive...

Negus (King of the Sea) in medieval times. Mereb Melash comprised the historical provinces of Hamasien and Seraye. According to historian Richard Pankhurst...

Siyu Manda Kingdom of Wolaita/Welayta (1251–1896 AD) (possibly same as Damot) Ethiopian Empire (1270–1974 AD) Sultanate of Ifat (1285–1415 AD) preceded...

subject to a number of devastating raids by Matolomi, the pagan king of Damot, which lay beyond the Jamma River. One of Matolomi's most notorious predations...

on the island monastery of Lake Hayq, which states that after conquering Damot, Emperor Amda Seyon I proceeded to Hadiya and brought it under his control...

Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and historically known as Abyssinia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders...

the Aksumite Empire; the ancient Semitic-speaking Gafat inhabited Eastern Damot (East Welega) and Western Shewa; the Galila clan of Aymallal (Soddo) inhabited...

the Gojjam region. Ayalew Asres Wendem was born on 6 March 1923 (27 Yekatit 1915 in the Ethiopian calendar) in Gojjam Region, Kola Dega Damot province,...

was a historical province of Ethiopia. Located north west of the old Fatagar region, bounded by Mugar, Gudar as well as Abay rivers. The region is in...

well as from the frontier provinces of Ifat, Fatagar, Dawaro, Bali and Damot. Although they differ in the corresponding figures which they give, both...

Dlamini Harla Kingdom Sultanate of Showa Sultanate of Dawaro Kingdom of Damot Zagwe dynasty Sultanate of Ifat Walashma dynasty Ennarea Ethiopian Empire...

the region came under the rule of a representative of the Imam of Aussa. This marked a significant change in the political structure of the region and...

complex, the capital of Dʿmt may have been present-day Yeha, in Tigray Region, Ethiopia. At Yeha, the temple to the god Ilmuqah is still standing. The...