Yasus Moa

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Yasus Moa

Ethiopian monk

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Zagwe dynasty
…overthrow, attribute much importance to Yasus Moa, a monk who founded a community in the region of Lake Haik and who, the legends maintain, greatly influenced Yekuno Amlak in his bid for the throne. The usurpation of the throne and the murder of the king are obscured still further by…
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…overthrow, attribute much importance to Yasus Moa, a monk who founded a community in the region of Lake Haik and who, the legends maintain, greatly influenced Yekuno Amlak in his bid for the throne. The usurpation of the throne and the murder of the king are obscured still further by…
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