Ankober (Amharic: አንኮበር), formerly known as Ankobar, is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the North Shewa Zone of the Amhara Region, it's perched...
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Ankober (Amharic: አንኮበር) is a woreda in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Located at the eastern edge of the Ethiopian highlands in the North Shewa Zone...
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Addis Ababa is located at its center. The towns of Debre Berhan, Antsokia, Ankober, Entoto and, after Shewa became a province of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa have...
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Ankober is an H chondrite meteorite that fell to Earth on July 7, 1942, in Shewa, Ethiopia. It is classified as H4-ordinary chondrite. Meteoritical Bulletin...
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The Ankober serin (Crithagra ankoberensis) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is a small brown seedeater, about 12 centimeters or 5...
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captured and put under house arrest at the old Shewan royal palace at Ankober. Before 1889, Mengesha Yohannes was considered the Emperor's nephew, but...
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on African and Christian themes as well as his stained glass. Born in Ankober, in Shewa Province, to ethnic Amhara parents Feleketch Yamatawork and Tekle...
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had at least five other half sisters. Darge was born and brought up in Ankober, and just like his half brothers received ecclesiastical education in his...
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ivory the Negus had not only in his palaces in Doqaqit, Har Ambit and Ankober, but also hidden in mountain caves. "All in all," concludes Abir, "Showa...
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town in Africa. It was an early capital of Ethiopia and afterwards, with Ankober and Angolalla, was one of the capitals of the kingdom of Shewa. Today,...
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Orthodox. By 1913, provincial schools were expanded to Harar, Dessie and Ankober. The opposition decreased by 1920s and subsequently Emperor Haile Selassie...
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Alem Ketema Alem Tena Alitena Amba Mariam Ambalage Ambo Amuru Angacha Ankober Arboye Areka Asaita Asella Assosa Aware Awasa Awash Awbare Aweday Axum...
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the Ethiopians withdrew to nearby areas to regroup; Abebe Aregai went to Ankober, Balcha Safo to Gurage, Zewdu Asfaw to Mulo, Blatta Takale Wolde Hawariat...
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Ethiopian commanders withdrew to nearby areas to regroup; Abebe Aregai went to Ankober, Balcha Safo to Gurage, Zewdu Asfaw to Mulo, Blatta Takale Wolde Hawariat...
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In 1839 the European missionary Charles Isenberg toured Shewa's capital Ankober and reported that there were Jews around the capital of Shewa and that...
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state. The locality was in the vicinity of Aliyu Amba and southward of Ankober. In the thirteenth century the Arab historian Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi states...
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Carlo Conti Rossini initially believed that it was located in modern Ankober, but discarded that theory based on chronological and linguistic grounds...
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audience with Empress Taitu and suggested that she take the Emperor to Ankober as a change of scene that might be beneficial for his health. Taitu had...
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where Emperor Menelik II resided and built his palace, when he came from Ankober and founded Addis Ababa. It is considered a sacred mountain and has many...
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suffering. Following his death, his body was buried in his capital of Ankober. Abir, Ethiopia: The Era of the Princes; The Challenge of Islam and the...
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Yekuno Amlak's friendly relations with the Emirs of Harar, he founded Ankober, an alternative capital near their principality. Recorded history affords...
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arrived in Tadjoura, with their errands being to open up the roads between Ankober and Tadjoura, to enter into communication with King Menelik of Shewa by...
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Matos Sahle Mariam Formation c. 1682 Abolition 10 March 1889 Residence Ankober Debre Birhan Qundi (1808–1813) Doqaqit (1745–1805) Yifat Appointer Hereditary...
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(Hylochoerus meinertzhageni). Birds include Rueppell's chat, the finch Ankober serin (Serinus ankoberensis), white-winged flufftail (Sarothrura ayresi)...
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the Solomonic dynasty, belonging to the aristocratic Amhara family from Ankober Shewa. He was the grandson of Dejazmatch Mekuria Tesfaye of Menz, a prominent...
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fighting, devoting his energies to consolidating his kingdom and founding Ankober. This was a practice that his successors followed to the end of the kingdom...
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Anhinga ʻAnianiau Anjouan brush warbler Anjouan scops owl Anjouan sunbird Ankober serin Annam prinia Anna's hummingbird Annobón paradise flycatcher Annobón...
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Ras Makonnen Wolde Mikael Wolde Melekot was born in Derefo Maryam near Ankober, in what was then in the province of Menz to his mother Woizero Tenagnework...
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soldiers deserted him for the returning prince. Abeto Menelik entered Ankober and proclaimed himself Negus. While Negus Menelik reclaimed his ancestral...
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Jimma, until he was captured 11 September 1897, and was first sent to Ankober, then to Addis Ababa. Kaffa was then held as a fief by Wolde Giyogis until...
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