Migration to the Christian Kingdom of Northern Ethiopia and Its Consequences

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ID20148446
AuthorsHiroki ISHIKAWA (Tokyo Jogakkan College, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume2008
Issue72
Pages1-15
Publication date2008-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of African Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0065-4140 • E-ISSN: 1884-5533
PublisherJapan Association for African Studies (PUBLISHER • JP)
DOI10.11619/africa1964.2008.1
OpenAlexW2315627236
LanguageEN
References cited6

The Oromo migration remarkably reduced the territory of the Christian kingdom of northern Ethiopia during the sixteenth century. J. Bruce, a Scottish traveler who visited the kingdom in the 1770s, reported that several groups of the Oromo settled the regions south of the Lake Tana. Although these groups took part in the important incidents during the second half of the Gondar Period (1632-1769), little attention has been given to them. The purpose of this paper is to consider the historical significance of their migration by examining their origins and activities. The principal conclusions are as follows.(1) Several groups migrated to the regions south of the Lake Tana from the south of the Blue Nile during the reign of Iyasu I (r. 1682-1706). Some of them were subordinate to the Oromo before their migration. (2) Although these groups such as the Gawi in Damot served the Emperors in military affairs, they started to disobey the Emperor's command at the end of the Gondar Period. It accelerated the disorder of the kingdom. (3) Their cooperation with the Oromo lived in the south of the Blue Nile contributed the revival of the long distance trade in the Ethiopian Plateau

Ancient history · Art · Emperor · Geography · Kingdom · Period (music) · Plateau (mathematics) · Political science · Reign · African history and culture analysis · African history and culture studies · Geology · History · Law · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology

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