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Ethiopia
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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A term loosely used in ancient times to indicate the territory inhabited by black or dark-coloured people; latterly applied to an undefined tract of land stretching S. of Egypt to the Gulf of Aden, which constituted the kingdom of the Ethiopians, a people of Semitic origin and speaking a Semitic language called Ge'ez, who were successively conquered by the Egyptians, Persians, and Romans; are known in the Bible; their first king is supposed to have been Menilehek, son of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba; their literature consists mostly of translations and collections of saws and riddles; the language is no longer spoken.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Ethiopia'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/e/ethiopia.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Ethiopia'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/e/ethiopia.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
