www.fgks.org   »   [go: up one dir, main page]

"Email" is the e-mail address you used when you registered.

"Password" is case sensitive.

If you need additional assistance, please contact .

Enter the e-mail address you used when enrolling for Britannica Premium Service and we will e-mail your password to you.
 Encyclopædia Britannica
Did You Know...

Facts about Ethiopia: flag history, as discussed in Ethiopia, flag of:

Ethiopia has traditionally identified its green-yellow-red national flag with the rainbow that, according to the book of Genesis in the Bible, God set in the heavens after the Flood. Pennants of those three colours had been displayed before the first official flag was established by Emperor Menilek II on October 6, 1897; his flag bore on the yellow stripe the first letter of his name in Amharic...
Related Topics
  • Abd Allah (Sudanese religious leader) 1846 Sudan Nov. 24, 1899 Kordofan political and religious leader who succeeded Muḥammad Aḥmad (al- Mahdī ) as head of a religious movement and state within the Sudan.
  • Abyssinia (historical region, Africa)
  • Adal (historical state, East Africa) historic Islāmic state of eastern Africa , in the Danakil-Somali region southwest of the Gulf of Aden , with its capital at Harer (now in Ethiopia ). Its rivalry with Christian Ethiopia began in the 14th century with minor border raids and skirmishes. In the 16th century, Adal rose briefly...
  • Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is located on a well-watered plateau surrounded by hills and mountains, in the geographic centre of the country.
  • Adwa (Ethiopia) town, northern Ethiopia . Adwa lies on the east-west highway between Aksum and Adi Grat at its junction with the road north to Asmara (Asmera), in Eritrea. Adwa is a market centre (grains, honey, hides, coffee) for the Tigray people. The town is located 10 miles (16 km) west of an area of fantastic...
  • Africa the second largest continent, after Asia, covering about one-fifth of the total land surface of the Earth. The continent is bounded on the west by the Atlantic Ocean , on the north by the Mediterranean Sea , on the east by the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean , and on the south by the mingling waters...
  • Antoine-Thomson d'Abbadie (French geographer)
  • Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie (French geographer)
  • Ethiopia country on the Horn of Africa . The country lies completely within the tropical latitudes and is relatively compact, with similar north-south and east-west dimensions. The capital is Addis Ababa (“New Flower”), located almost at the centre of the country. Ethiopia is the largest and...
Get Random Facts
  • All of the media associated with this article appears on the left. Click an item to view it.
  • Mouse over the caption, credit, links or citations to learn more.
  • You can mouse over some images to magnify, or click on them to view full-screen.
  • Click on the Expand button to view this full-screen. Press Escape to return.
  • Click on audio player controls to interact.
JOIN COMMUNITY LOGIN
Join Free Community

Please join our community in order to save your work, create a new document, upload
media files, recommend an article or submit changes to our editors.

Join Cancel
Premium Member/Community Member Login

"Email" is the e-mail address you used when you registered. "Password" is case sensitive.

If you need additional assistance, please contact customer support.

Enter the e-mail address you used when registering and we will e-mail your password to you. (or click on Cancel to go back).

Save to My Workspace

We welcome your comments. Any revisions or updates suggested for this article will be reviewed by our editorial staff.
Contact us here.

Copy and paste the HTML below to include this widget on your Web page.

Copy Link
The Britannica Store

Share This

Other users can view this at the following URL:
Copy

Create New Project

Done

Rename This Project

Done

Add or Remove from Projects

Add to project:
Add
Remove from Project:
Remove

Copy This Project

Copy

Import Projects

Please enter your user name and password
that you use to sign in to your workspace account on
Britannica Online Academic.
Import Cancel
Quantcast