one ethiopian dollar equalls about 10birr and 50 cents.... selam yager lij
It grew mostly because of its trade with the ancient Romans and with India; at the height of its power, the empire was strong enough to create its own money.
"Tenesleling" is the word for "hello" in Amharic, which is the most widely spoken language in Ethiopia.
Pronounced: TE-nest-e-LING
"T" is explosive - flick the roof of your mouth to pronounce it.
Ethiopians celebrate Christmas (Jesus Christ's birth) on January 7th, and it is called Ganna.
Ethiopians intially practiced polytheistic religions in which there is a main creator gods and several lesser gods (i.e. a sky god, water god, etc)
During the prophet Muhammed's lifetime (the founder of the religion of Islam), he sought refuge in Ethiopia when he was run out of Mecca (Saudi Arabia).
As a result, the religion of Islam is also practiced in Ethiopia.
Centuries later, Christian missionaries also arrived.
Haile Selassie I-Apex
Laborers. Farmers people working to help the community one day a month
Because the scentist that discovered it, were listening to "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", by The Beatles, the evening of the discovery!!!!!
ani hin beku JO warra beku gafadha kun afan oromotin afan adunya irratti bekamutti jiru akkasumas Africa kessatti afan sadaffa (3) ti yoo hin beyne demi baradhu
When I was in Ethiopia they killed a lamb then teens and younger kids came from a near by church all dressed in white with bright green over coats sang special new years songs. Then we all ate, danced, drank coffee with special home made bread, and homemade beer.
Meroe(Cush), Beja, Hymarites(Yemen) and Also, Egyptian and the Levant
The Italians tended to invade weak countries, Ethiopia being one of them, because Italy wasn't all that strong either. Mussolini sent five infantry divisions, and one Panzer V2 tank division to capture the port cities along the coast of Somalia, and ended up invading both countries. Ethiopia surrendered in May 1941, but Somalia held out until July 1942.
The leader of Ethiopia during World War II was Haile Selassie who reigned from November 2, 1930 - September 12, 1974.
Djibouti is almost surrounded by Ethiopia