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Amda Seyon I: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Pillar of Zion
Died 1344?
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaking at the launch of the La Gare mixed-use real estate development, Addis Ababa, November 19, 2018.
Abiy Ahmed
prime minister of Ethiopia
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Menilek II
emperor of Ethiopia
Haile Selassie, 1967
Haile Selassie I
emperor of Ethiopia
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, wearing a suit and glasses, speaks into a microphone while gesturing with his hand at an event.
Tedros Adhanom
Ethiopian biologist and public health official
Mengistu Haile Mariam
Mengistu Haile Mariam
president of Ethiopia
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Yohannes IV
emperor of Ethiopia
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Tewodros II
emperor of Ethiopia
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Girma Wolde-Giorgis
president of Ethiopia
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Ewostatewos
Ethiopian saint
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Mikael Sehul
regent of Ethiopia
castle of Fasilides
Fasilides
emperor of Ethiopia
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Antoine-Thomson d’Abbadie
French geographer
Pietro Badoglio.
Pietro Badoglio
Italian general and statesman
Aḥmad Grāñ
Aḥmad Grāñ
Somalian Muslim leader
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Saint Frumentius
Ethiopian bishop
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Charles-Jacques Poncet
French pharmacologist
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Pedro Páez
Spanish priest
Julie Mehretu
Julie Mehretu
Ethiopian American painter and printmaker
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Aïda Muluneh
Ethiopian photographer, educator, and entrepreneur
Meseret Defar
Meseret Defar
Ethiopian athlete