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    Zagwe dynasty

    Dynasty centered around Lalibela, ruling large parts of the territory from about 900 to 1270

    The Zagwe dynasty was a medieval Agaw monarchy that ruled the northern parts of Ethiopia and Eritrea. The Agaw are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the northern highlands of Ethiopia and neighboring Eritrea. It ruled large parts of the territory from approximately 1137 to 1270 AD, when the last Zagwe King Za-Ilmaknun was killed in battle by the forces of the Amhara King Yekuno Amlak. The Zagwe are most famous for their king Gebre Meskel Lalibela, who is credited with having ordered the construction of the rock-hewn monolithic churches of Lalibela. The name "Zagwe" is thought to derive from the ancient Ge'ez phrase Ze-Agaw, meaning "of the Agaw", in reference to the Mara Tekle Haymanot, the founder of the dynasty. This term does not appear in contemporary sources, neither in indigenous documents nor in accounts of foreign observers. Wikipedia

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    Learn about the Zagwe dynasty, a line of 12th- and 13th-century Ethiopian kings who ruled from Lalibela and built rock-hewn churches. Find out how they were overthrown by Yekuno Amlak and the Amhara in the 13th century.
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  3. worldhistory.biz

    The period of Zagwe rule in the central Ethiopian highlands was one of the most remarkable in the region's medieval history. The dynasty presided over an energetic Christian expansion through the central Ethiopian plateau, as well as a period of notable commercial and cultural interaction with Egypt and the Middle East; it was also responsible for the creation of some of Ethiopia's most ...
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    1 day agoEthiopia - Zagwe, Solomonic, Dynasties: As Christian shipping disappeared from the Red Sea, Aksum's towns lost their vitality. The Aksumite state turned southward, conquering adjacent grain-rich highlands. Monastic establishments moved even farther to the south; for example, a major church was founded near Lake Hayk in the 9th century. Over time, one of the subject peoples, the Agau, learned ...
  6. habeshahistory.com

    The Zagwe Dynasty would rule for over 250 years, ending in 1268/9 with its overthrow by Yekuno Amlak, who founded the Solomonic Dynasty. The term "Zagwe" was not a self-designation used by the rulers of that dynasty; it was a name applied retrospectively, beginning around the 14th and 15th centuries AD 3 .
  7. countrystudies.us

    About 1137 a new dynasty came to power in the Christian highlands. Known as the Zagwe and based in the Agew district of Lasta, it developed naturally out of the long cultural and political contact between Cushitic- and Semitic-speaking peoples in the northern highlands. Staunch Christians, the Zagwe devoted themselves to the construction of new ...

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