Many people say that Ethiopia is a country of legend… I would say that it is a country of legends… any ethiopian will tell you that the beginnings of their history are Biblical - the queen of Saba is seen as one of the first queens of the country with its capital at Axum. This hearing the wisdom of King Solomon went quite up to Jerusalem to fully regale themselves in the wisdom of it. It seems to me that there was not only feed of wisdom, the fact is that at the departure to the native country, wearing in his groin a son who was born in Ethiopia… it has received the name of Menelik ("the son-of-wise" in the languages of the semitic) and was the successor to the throne of the queen of Saba. The fact that Saba is in Yemen, it doesn't count too much… And anyway who knows where he was in fact Saba now 3000 years old?
The story says that around the age of 20 years, Menelik decided to give him a turn on the father and went to Jerusalem. Solomon was so impressed that on-the-spot has decided to let him king in his place… Menelik patriot ethiopian true Royal refused the offer, acting to go back… so that his father ordered all that every noble and priests to provide a son to accompany him on Menelik in Ethiopia… the son of the great High Priest of the stolen but the ark of the law, given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai and kept in the Temple in Jerusalem… Menelik found out too late about the deed friend or, but how God has appeared in my dream both Solomon's and his Menelik, everybody was convinced that the ark of the law must go into Ethiopia.
The first peak Etiopiei civilization is the so-called period axumita - kings rot rich influenced the way toward Indii marketing, building a bright city in the mountains, at the Axum. Around the year 300, a Syrian Frumentius Christian, was shipwrecked on the banks of the Red Sea and brought with him Christianity in ethiopia, managing to convert the king axumit Ezanus. Data conversion from Judaism to Christianity of king this seems to have been in the year 305, Cush, as the second country after Armenia where Christianity became the religion of the state (Armenia in Ethiopia in 301, 305, 323 and in Georgia in fine, the Roman Empire in 330). A small minority opposed the changeover to Christianity, while remaining iudaici… they constituted the Community falasha (or "house of Israel") which has been moved to Israel in the '80s in full, after its members have been recognized as Jews by rabinii in Jerusalem despite the archaic - falasha religious practices have been redeemed from Mengistu probably in exchange for certain sums of money consistent.
Hour Etiopia is also different, but honestly it seems to me that is the most logical time than the rest of the world. The day starts at 6 o'clock in the morning (which, it is time for etiopieni zero). Around 6 in the morning is the east, and the time 12 day is equivalent to 6 o'clock in the afternoon, when the sun sets… So many times entering into banks and shops, although it was morning at 10 o'clock, the clock shows the curious 4 !
The population is also extremely diverse. Some researchers say etiopienii speak 84 languages, while the census of 1994 recognizes the "only" 77… some languages are semitic (related to the Hebrew and Arabic), other nilotice or African omotice (PUR). The Lingua Zona franca is but a language semitica amhara, with an alphabet itself which has been conducting language hundreds of years. Both amhara and tigray are semitic languages and come from the language of geez, a dead language which is used only by the church in the religious jobs… it's true, tigray's claim that amhara comes from their language, being a daughter of "tigriniei" and not a sister, but that's all.
The name, have a meaning… many times people bear names such as "the servant Trinitatii" or other names with religious meanings… but may appear Curious name such as "Substitute" (in the event that this child was born after another survivor dead) or even "That's last" (in the case of parents exasperated with too many offspring. On our guide called "Light"… And we were lucky that he was dimly lit and with very much knowledge…
Source of photos: magnusgommers
