Definition of ZAGWE. Meaning of ZAGWE. Synonyms of ZAGWE

- The Zagwe dynasty (Amharic: ዛጔ መንግሥት) was a medieval Agaw monarchy that ruled the northern parts of Ethiopia and Eritrea. It ruled large parts of the...
- overthrown by Mara Takla Haymanot, resulting in the inception of the Agaw-led Zagwe dynasty. According to an oral tradition, Gudit rose to power after she killed...
- twentieth centuries. The dynasty was founded by Yekuno Amlak, who overthrew the Zagwe dynasty in 1270. His successors claimed he was descended from the legendary...
- this, prior to the beginning of the Solomonic Dynasty, most Axumite and Zagwe rulers went by negus. Its use meant that both subordinate officials and...
- King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, it replaced the Agaw kingdom of the Zagwe. While initially a rather small and politically unstable entity, the Empire...
- dynasty to the Ethiopian throne when he overthrew the last of the Zagwe kings in 1270. The Zagwe dynasty, which had replaced the Aksumite royal house several...
- religious site was named Lalibela after the King Gebre Mesqel Lalibela of the Zagwe dynasty, who commissioned its construction. He is regarded as a saint by...
- would later serve as the center of the Zagwe dynasty. The Cu****ic speaking Agaw formed and ruled during the Zagwe dynasty of Ethiopia from about 1137 to...
- Zagwe rule but its territorial extent was markedly smaller than that of the Aksumites, controlling the area between Lasta and the Red Sea. The Zagwe dynasty...
- including the Adal Sultanate, the Ajuran Sultanate, the Ethiopian Empire, the Zagwe dynasty, and the Sultanate of the Geledi. The Sultanate of Showa, established...