Ethiopian History: The Solomonic Golden Age and Decline.
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- In this video, we’re going to cover the intriguing but by most unknown part of Ethiopian history which covers the late medieval and early modern era.
This era of the history of Ethiopia includes the Solomonic Restauration in 1270 A.D, the Abyssinian wars of expansion between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries, the devastating wars with the regions Islamic powers as well as the slow decline of the Ethiopian monarchy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, stay tuned!
This video is part of a larger CZcams History collaboration on African History.
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Music Credits.
Magical forest, Five Armies, Lost frontier and Digya by Kevin Macleod.
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Mail: inkhistorycontact@gmail.com
Sources.
A History of Ethiopia(Harold G Marcus, 1994).
Ethiopia - Africa In Focus(Paulos Milkias, 2011).
Britannica.com - Ethiopia.
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Quill & Ink History king Solomon not really this is legend and myth
Can you explain what your trying to say?
is this history or bed time stories.
@@quillinkhistory9539 Please check and approve your "held for review" comments on this video thanks!
@@JahRastafari89 Hi, I currently don't have any comments that are held for review
My favourite African kingdom
What about Kemet?
Sirian Prince
Too mainstream
@@sirnilsolav6646 Agreed, too lied about also.
Thank u
@@selenah25 Coolest country in Africa :D
Very interesting, especially that bit at 8:00, made me look up Zara Yacob and Walda Heywat. We definitely don't hear often about African philosophers.
I remember I once saw some racist post a long list of racist stereotypes where he was mocking Africa and African culture. He ended it with "Oh, and please tell me when you have some African philosopher. I'll wait".
I mean, Zara Yacob is like the Thomas Aquinas to Ethiopia. It just goes to show how much ignorance of Africa and African history exists.
I've read Zara Yacob. He comes off alot like Thomas Paine in his treatment of Christianity.
Philosophy teacher Prof. Peter Adamson has a podcast about the history of African philosophy. He describes many other works in this area
@@imokin86 Thanks for the recommendation, the podcast's website looks awesome! The title "History of philosophy, without any gaps", certainly contains bold claim/goal but with 479 episodes it looks like Prof. Adamson is serious about it. I'll add it to my list of things I have no idea how to find time for. I'm certain that I'll listen to at least a couple of episodes.
@@Artur_M. There are two podcasts actually, one deals with the mainstream of European tradition, from Greeks onwards, and the other one is about India and then, in the current season, Africa and African diaspora.
I'll be honest, I didn't think there were any Christian kingdoms or empires in Africa. I had only ever heard of Islamic ones. It's interesting to hear how this Ethiopian kingdom was able to hold out as long as it did, especially when it was surrounded by Islamic states.
Agreed, its cool that Ethiopia actually is the land with the oldest royal dynasty in the world.
This christan state had strong tie with Islam & relationship & peace it help it survive.
The Christian Ethiopian Kingdom had luck since the mountains were their ''shields'' and invaders hadn't much of an interest because of this. There were multiple Muslim Sultanates like the Ifat Sultanate, but they were conquered by the Christian Kingdom and due to persecution most of its inhabitants became Christian.
Axum was in the same boat
@@eho6380 The Axum ethipian empire had kingdomas in yemen and and it was an outstanding empire that traded with egyptians, indians, arabs and greece. Ethiopia didn't hide.
Ethiopians: *Gonder calls for aid!*
Portugeese: *And Portugal will answer.*
As always Quill, brilliant editing. I'm glad you were able to take part in this collab and look forward to doing more of them with you in the future!
Many Thx Barris! Im happy to see that you will also be part in the collab. Btw, would you like to do a two part collab on the life of Jean Babtist Bernadotte sometime in the future :)
@@quillinkhistory9539 I would love to. I actually only recently learned that the Royal Family of Sweden had French origins so I look forward to it. I'll send you a message on slack.
Ethiopia should have retained their emperor, made him albeit a constitutional one much like England. The country's been in the doldrums ever since they deposed Selassie. He was a unifying figure in a country of extreme tribal violence and allegiances
@Negasso Kadir yes in abbessina empire, lalibela and Axum but not Ethiopia. How does church & Solomon rulers suppose to unife 75+ ethnic with 21 empire as well those 21 being mostly tredation and Islamic followers.
The monocha & Church is useless. Why do you think wen hailer seallssie rejected Islam rebels from Muslim region grow, then he rejected language which increased rebels.
Ethiopia shouldn't have expanded if they want to use only chrsitanity
@@afroafro2212 läs en bok eller två och sluta att ljuga det är haram! *
@@afroafro2212 75 ethnicities but Amharas were almost 70% before the Oromo migration/invasions.
@@afroafro2212 not all tribes are native to Ethiopia
Most tribes were not happy with the feudalism ..
Thanks my bro suporting our history
Happy to help!
The Zagwe dynasty may not have lasted too long but they did build the stone churches of Lalibela which are impressive.
They would've build alot had they stayed longer ,
I learned a lot of history totally new to me. Thanks. This collaboration is a fruitful project.
The Christians Nubian Kingdoms that existed in Sudan for a Thousand years form the 6th to the 16th Century deserve more attention.
Didnt know about that, can you link to some sources? :)
You sey 😂😂 oromo oromo fromo kenya come ferst neme gala oromo 1977 chenje neme he seys i am oromo why? ferest terrorist oromo or gala amhara king solomon gonder lalbela adis abeba amhara minilk amhara gala tereresi iss not musilim not kirsityan ajensit amhara you no worary ወራሪ ነው ጋላ የቀድሞ ስሙ ነው አሁንም በኢትዮጲያ ስም አስመስሎ ገብት አምሀራን ትግሬን የኢትዮጲያ ህዝብን እየጨፈጨፈ ነው ድሮን dron bay for jonosayd christian aby ahemed oromo tereresit
2:43 Correction: That's not Menelik I, That's a picture of Emperor Tewodros II.
Actually not true that is Menelik I they look similar
@@catscats7390 We don't have any portrait or anything for a mythical person that existed millennia ago. Besides, that is obviously King Tewodros.
Nice overview of Ethiopian history! :)
Thx Dr Zar! Im happy you liked it :)
@@quillinkhistory9539 You're welcome! :)
Quill & Ink History this bullishe not true only brainwash very sad
@@mohammedazeme7142 läs en bok eller två. haram är att ljuga. *
Informative video and excellent graphics. Subscribed
Happy to hear that you liked it Hinok! Do you think the volume of the background music were ok?
@@quillinkhistory9539 Yeh it was, I like how it changed depending on the scene like the more dramatic sounds during the combat/war areas
አምስግናልሁ🙏. Thanks for this video even us Africans don't really know about our great past. Thanks again to put light on it. 🇬🇦🌍
Great history Thanks
I love you Ethiopia!
we love you too!
I am ethiopia I proud
I am a decendent of the solamiak dynasty
How do you know?
@Yod Hagos Bro you acting like you were there. There are many Scientifical, Architectural and Oral proof that Queen Sheba was from Ethiopia. Moreover, I can't just label the kebra negast as "LIE" Because I don't have proof to say so...But I can't be sure Menelik 1st existed in the first place.
@Yod Hagos Ethiopia ruled Yemen have you forgot? It is a true story, written in the Bible and history.
@Real Sid206 I don't think Jesus ever said that.
@@tomtimbrace6165 Ethiopia ruled Yemen in the 525AD and Queen of Sheba existed in 10 th century BCE
Wow we had some cool history like this am from Ethiopia 🇪🇹
Good video, I subbed :)
Thx for the kind comment! Did you find the video via the playlist? :)
@@quillinkhistory9539 Np, yea I did
thank you watching from Fiji vinaka vakalevu.
This is nice you showed my Ethiopian side right.
Can you make a video from the perspective of adal/ajuuran.
You missed a lot of History about king kaleb who colonies yemen to saudi arabiya
and the first African king to Christianity.respect good video 👏
Nile Valley civilization.
The cradle of civilization
Fun video and i like your voice. What can i do but subscribe?
You can click in the clock icon if you want to :)
At 3:27, isn't that from the Warband soundtrack?
Nope, its a soundtrack i bought from audiodjungel :)
Thanks for the information about the Portuguese assistance to Ethiopia.
Are you also aware of the collaborations between the Solomonic dynasty and the
Knights Templar, especially on the rock hewn churches of Lalibela ?
Ooh, that sounds interesting. Let me know where I can find out more.
Nope, not familiare with that. Can you link to some pages or litterature on the subject?
@@quillinkhistory9539 I remember hearing this from a few different sources, like documentaries and perhaps a book or two.
Here is a very informative link on the topic :
www.egyptsearch.com/forums/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=15;t=001988
I hope that helps.
@Ivar Arnesen I am RasTafari, and of African descent and study the Ethiopian Tewahedo Beta Kristian culture.
I certainly do not hold to the view that Africans could not build valuable structures.Those who assume such things, will find a way to spin things, no matter what the facts are.
There are many symbolic, philosophic, and spiritual links between the Ethiopian Royalty, the Tewahedo church and the Knights Templar and the esoteric societies responsible for creating the Templar institution.
Those societies have been studying , visiting and writing about Ethiopia for centuries.
Ethiopia ( also called Abyssinia for a period),for it's part was always cautiously interested in learning from foreigners as well as sharing it's knowledge.
Based on the research there is good reason to believe that the Lalibela project was done by Ethiopians with slight assistance from the Templar order.
Thanks for standing up for African dignity.
Bless up.
@Ivar Arnesen Thank you for your kind words also.
I will be on the look-out for any other sources I may have seen that contact mentioned in.
It is interesting that His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie 1, visited England around 1970 and was honored by Queen Elizabeth 2 and the Holy Order of the Garter, which can be traced to the Templar Order.
Some film footage of that ceremony is available on CZcams and i will provide the link as soon as possible.
Salaam.
Ethiopia for a while ruled much of The Mediterannean region
Ethiopian defeated the Italy army in what year
The 18th
1888 E.C 1896 G.C
what are the defferent b/n empire and kingdom
at this current time Ethopia is undergoing a racial conflict how sad
That's sad :(
*Ethnic conflict but yes very sad
@@hailes9841 very disconcerting
...?... troll...!
troll.
Are Ethiopians one of the 12 tribes of Israel. ? I think very possible.
Hebrews/Christians like the apostle Paul where tent dwellers.
Ahmed gurey Was killed besieging the capital of Abyssinia
He was killed in the Ethiopian highlands
@@africangang3108 he died besieging a castle in western Abyssinia that was acting as defacto capital, shot by a Portuguese sharp shooter thus ending the siege and the war.
@@mohamedjama1865 he didn't reach the capital of abssyina plus Ahmed guray was harrir
African Gang somali actually
@@mohamedjama1865troll. det är haram att ljuga! *
I wish you had at least mentioned Haile Selassie and the Rastafarian movement before you ended
What were the Halile movement?
@@quillinkhistory9539 the last king of Ethiopia. Rastafari.
@@marcusboss8135 But wasn't that in the twentieth century?
@@quillinkhistory9539 hey man it was a great video. Good job. I'm a Rastafarian. My views are jaded. It all blends into one history. I'm just saying it would have been cool to mention the last solomonic king is all. This is, after all, where rastas claim legitimacy. Keep up the great work mi amigo
@@marcusboss8135 inte det sista -)) *
Long live Somalis🇸🇴
Rastafari is the root of the offspring of david. As bright as the morning star.
#iSRAELITES
I think you should do a research on how to pronounce the words you use.
Why u hating
6:58 I need to correct you that Ethiopia didn't get that far they only could conquer the Shewa province and didn't go any further, since the war exhausted their resources and many men were killed at both sides, especially at Ethiopia's side. You should've also stated that King Gelawdewos was killed in that war right after Imam Ahmad was killed.
The Abyssinian-Adal war is a well-known war and people today in Ethiopia have heard multiple stories about it.
Edit: The Adal Sultanate was a successor of the Ifat Sultanate and actually originated around the city of Harar, not in Somalia.
Well they did have wellega
@Teodros Joshua Uhm, No.
The Adal Sultanate wasn't in Ethiopian territory, it had its own territory.
Secondly, Gelawdewos' army definitely wasn't just a ''handful of men'', don't forget that the Ethiopians still had thousands of troops available while having around 100 Portuguese musketeers.
Thirdly, The Adal Sultanate already had fallen during Gelawdewos' death since the Oromo's practically destroyed everything that was left of the kingdom. So don't say that the Ethiopians had it more difficult because it wasn't.
@Teodros Joshua Nice argument you got there.
@@eho6380 it's you that got a weak arrugment 😭you said Ethiopia had 100 protugese like that a big thing 🤣when Ahmed had 2000 arebia muskutteers and 900 picked ottomans total 15k army vs 7k outnumbering and outgunned gelowodos army but still lost
@@eho6380 what tf are talking about 💀 adal has the advantage of ottomans backed invasion for 10 yrs while Ethiopian didn't have guns nor Canon's antle Portugese came plus Ahmed out numbered and outgunned gelowodos troops yes gelowodos had 120 Portuguese us that a big deal 120 people 🤣let compare to Ahmed 2000 arebia no and 900 picked ottomans men long range total 15k vs 7k Ethiopians yet Ahmed got beheaded when we get guns from Portugese we destoyed 12 yrs achieve in month 🤣 Ethiopians really had it bad only reason if because of ottomans because Ahmed got helped by ottomans he was just a Raider Infact he faced Heavy desertion and his troops were only raid and didn't fight pitch battle Infact Ahmed raider borders for kingdom and when EMPEROR lebendengel arrived he was already gone lol the battle of shimbra kura is the one the gave musilms the upper hand and rose there moral they can finally beat abbysnina 3rd during Ahmed gregn adal didn't safe no Oromos struggle stop making up bs 🤣 we literally took land ahmed took in just small amount of time which shows gun superiorty and Canon's of adal given by ottomans was only reason when Ahmed managed to occupy and after even after being blocked by ottomans cut off from gun supply and protugese were kicked out EMPEROR Sarsadengel killed Mohamed lv and official destoyed adal not mention adal was ruled by Ethiopians EMPERORs (Zara yaqob Dawit l ) as well as ifat
Wasn’t Sheba based in Arabia? His claim sure sounds a little fishy.
No she is not she is Ethiopian
@@ninalym6328 In Islam, her name is Sa'ba and she came from Yemen, i think thats what hes referring to
@@saidderia3049 yeman was part of Ethiopian empire. She ruled over vast territory.
@@ninalym6328 oh my bad, i think the place is called Sa'ba, her name in Islamic belief is Bilqis and she was from Yemen and im not Arab lmao, historical names have always differed whether its Islamic or Christian or Jewish and in Islam we dont know if Sulaiman (PBUH) had a child with Bilqis
@@saidderia3049 you can talk all you want the only arab have us nabi mohamed nothing else. Case closed
these pronunciations
There is no Solomonic. Just like the Ark of the Covenant lie, so is the tie to King Solomon.
Yiur a liar Karl you think black pol are so far from Christianity ?
Do you know ancient Ethiopia language geez and Hebrew are literally similar ? You idiot
Ethiopia was christian thousands of years before British and France become chrstians , even Christianity was ORIGIONATED in middleeast Arabia not in Europe , but because most Arabs become Islam n abandoned Christianity , Europe and Ethiopia was left with that religion ,.
Bible talked about the Ethiopians not the Vikings , you don't have any linguistic , genetics or any form of connection with the abharamic religions , (except that Rome cruicified Jesus) , while Ethiopian have plenty of evidence
Do you even know Ethiopian language is similar to Hebrew , semitic speakers that was created million years ago ? You want to separate the two ppl even tho they speak the same and been trading with eachother since for centuries , bible spoke of Ethiopia alot ,
@@rediettadesse2828 Did you know that many nations speak English? Most African Americans speak English. FYI: Humans were not on the earth millions of years ago.
Sheba was the queen of yemen
nope
@@tewodrossamson790 according to islamic history sheba was the queen of yemen
@@tewodrossamson790 u can search it
@@darkhero6298 yes and you can too , but doesn't change the facts
@@tewodrossamson790 I believe sheba was the queen of yemen becoz the story solomon is in quran uh can find that chapter and learn it from quran
King solomon wife sheba was from yemen not ethiopia
Acctually, if you go back to history, well before chriest, Ethiopia existed as well as Qween Sheba is from Ethiopia, in those years Ethiopia were ruling much wider countries. BTW to give you more lessons in History, Oromos are not from Ethiopia. They're invaders as they are doing Wright now. More interested in Queen Sheba, do research on History
since i should pay my gratitude toward to you posting this Ethiopian History Video on youtube. IURGE YOU TO CORRECT NEXT TIME WHEN YOU PRESENT A VIDEO ABOUT ETHIOPIA. THIS IS ETHIOPIAN HISTORY- NOT AFRICAN HISTORY. WE ETHIOPIAN NOT COMFORTABLE WHEN THE WHITE WESTERN MIXED ETHIOPIAN HISTORY WITH OTHER HISTORY (AFRICAN HISTORY) .WHAT IS AFRICAN HISTORY??? ALWAYS BUFFELED ME A LOT. AFRICA IS NOT A COUNTRY. IF AFRICAN COUNTRY DON'T HAVE HISTORY, DON'T DIFFUSE OTHER COUNTRY HISTORY WITH ANOTHER COUNTRY HISTORY.
ETHIOPIAN HISTORY IS ETHIOPIAN HISTORY EXCLUSIVELY. NOT ARABIAN HISTORY OR AFRICAN HISTORY. MOST BLACK AFRICAN ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THERE OWN IDENTITY AND CULTURE AND HISTORY. THEY SEEMS ALWAYS USE BLANKET STATMENT. FOR INSTANCE, INSTEAD OF CALLING THERE NAME, THEY SAY ,THEY ARE FROM SUBSHARA COUNTRY. ETHIOPIA ARE VERY PROULD AND DISTICTIVE COUNTRY AND PEOPLE. FAR FROM AFRICAN'S COUNTRY.
Im ethiopian too, man, jeez calm down, there are different narratives about history, unless you went back in time to see it yourself, historical accounts are never perfect. The borders we have today and concept of africa did not exist back then, it was empires struggling with each other. I think the author of this video tried to show a perspective on rise and fall of empires. In my opinion, these histories back then are not about who originated where but rather how countries today are so diverse and rich in culture, how outnumbered empire persevered despite the uneven odds.
Good video but remove your swedish dialect. It makes the video worse than it could have been.
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Oromo neme fersit gala gala jono sayd frome amhara gonder aksum lalibela lasta gala frome kenya cheke histry this time also come agen like first ajenst girgni ahemed abiy ahemed oromo terrorist ajensit kirsityan
Fake stories
The Oromo people are Ethiopians. They were there since the beginning. Who told you this divisive story?. This is a European centeric view which was created during 18th century. That came out of enemity toward Ethiopia and Africa. And plus the whole Africa use to be called Ethiopia. Ethiopia was the whole continent of Africa. Africa is just a new name. Ethiopia was a very very great empire until Saudi Arabia. Those Arabs came from India, iraQ, Iran and so on. The Yemen and Saudi Arabian land was Ethiopia's land. Make your research on this. Before Egypt established as a country, the part of Egypt and Africa was Ethiopia's land. In general it is Ethiopia. When the Bible says Ethiopia, don't picture today's land size and Ethiopia was small like this. It was a great empire that ruled Europe, until Vietnam and Bangladesh. It was a fearful warrior empire. Greater than this day's Soviet Union empire. The whole continent of Africa until Saudi Arabia. Even it was a great empire until India and eastern Europe. The Bible tells us how the Ethiopian empire was great and warrior. And it will return again. There is a change in Ethiopia and again Ethiopia empire is reestablishing within African unity spirit. So the whole black nations are Ethiopians, will be named Ethiopians and will return to their ancestors true powerful identity with thousands years of history. And they will know how their ancestors were big, great, wise, independent and dignified. The name Africa will be thrown to behind. That was a strange new name that was given by white Europeans.
Noone said they came from Mars it was sayed they were in southern part of Ethiopia , the just EXPANDED UPWARD AND EAST WARD into the territories of adal sultanent and abysinnian empire ,
What are the clear boundaries? what are the geographical lines ?what are the regions? , IT IS UNKNOWN , but for a fact they took the central city of adal sultanet , Harrar city ,diredawa city ,
And from abysinnia they entered into showa province , damot , and they migrated deep into the territories of BETE-AMHARA , which is dese and wollo ,
There is no more ethiopian history. It's tigrians history. Ethiopia have nothing with out tigrians history. So every ethiopian history is only for tigrians history.
Tigray is ethiopia
Axum empire call themselves Ethiopian in 4th century back then they spoke geez or sabean
Which years later both tigrayan and amhara languages brached out from
We will forever be Ethiopians
You can change your name if you don't want to be associated with ETHIOPIAN HISTORY
@@rediettadesse2828 do you any info on that 14 the century
There was no Amhara/Tigray ethnic groups during Aksum. What about Eritrea?Most of Aksum kingdom was in Eritrea
The only history tigrians have is betrayal. Selfishness, hanger
Tigrete
this is abysinian and not ethioipian history
Modern day Ethiopia.
@@M1ndfulJourney no ...modern Ethiopia is much vast and divers then abysinia...abyisinia is only one part of modern Ethiopia
@@tselotshafi2339 where was oromos when this happens?
@@M1ndfulJourney exactly where they are now...is that even a question
@@tselotshafi2339 I find it weird no one recognize them despite being big numbers not even the Somali.
total lie you can't even show the real territory of Axum and the picture of imam Ahmed funny did the church funded this video or what
Albert Kebede what's that supposed to mean ?
The Solomon age was not a golden age it was a Dark age.
Why do you think that?
@@quillinkhistory9539 Why think of that ??? Tell that to the millions of people who perished during this era. The Solomonic era was hell for the jews and other religious minorities(i.e islam) The violent spread of Orthodox Christianity during the 14th centuries affect the work habit of the people of Ethiopia hugely; working days were limited to few days in a month. Peoples changed their mind set and gave most of their working time to prayers, religious celebrations and many cultural festivals. Skillful people who were engaged in Metallurgy & artifacts got insulted and downgraded to the lower social class as the Christians(specially the Amharas) thought it is the work of evil spirit. Civil war among peoples with different religion or culture went for long and destroyed the working class.
After the Solomonic Dynasty that Queen Judith had fought against returned to power in the 13th century, wars and prosecutions against the Jews & Muslims lasted for nearly four hundred years. In the late 13th century, various Muslim sultanates on Ethiopia’s southern border fell under the hegemony of Ifat, located on the eastern Shewan Plateau and in the Awash valley. The Ethiopian Emperor Amda Siyon (1314-1344) waged wars in all directions-to the Red Sea in the north, unincorporated areas in the south and eastward against the Muslim state of Ifat. He established strategic garrisons to consolidate the newly conquered regions, creating a system of gults (btw you can just call it systematic slavery via taxation) or fiefs, in which the holders of a gult were paid tribute by the gult’s inhabitants. His heavy taxation of exports, especially of gold, ivory, and slaves that were transshipped from Ifat to Arabia, met with resistance. Amda Tseyon and his successors replied with brutal pacification campaigns that carried Solomonic power into the Awash valley and even as far as Seylac (Zeila) on the Gulf of Aden.He also put down a Jewish rebellion and his great grandson, Negus Ishak (1414-1429), continued the fight against the Beta Israel and built churches on the ruins of their synagogues. Though the Ethiopian ruler Zarra Yakob (1434-1468) was given the appellation, Exterminator of the J ews, he failed to eliminate the Beta Israel as a threat. His son, Baeda Maryam (1468-1478) massacred many Jews & Muslims and forced other to convert.
Warfare and persecution continued on an off. In the 16th century, Muslim forces conquered large areas of Ethiopia. Negus Claudius (1540-1559) succeeded in driving the Muslims out and then took revenge against them for aiding his enemies.
@Negasso Kadir Negasso kadir ??? hahaha change your fake name please. You are embarrassing yourself, you're niether Oromo or a Muslim cuz no man will ever say such a thing.
@@redsea334 aren't you eritrean get out of here,it is ethiopian history
the darkest age was started after the Oromo invasion who destroy the great civilization which can be compare with the western cities such as Lisbon, Florence and who disappeared almost 28 indigenous ethnic groups such as harla, gafat, maya,... so the Oromo pagan invasion makes our country backward and uncivilized until 21 century
Axum kings were saints
Their only mistake was helping Mohammed
exactly