"The Kebra Nagast" i.e. the"glory of kings of Ethiopia." The work has been held in peculiar honor in Abyssinia for several countries, and throughout that country, it has been, and still is, venerated by the people ass containing the final proof of their descent from the Hebrew patriarchs, and of kingship of their kings of Solomonic line with Christ, the son of God. (Sir E.A. Wallis Budge, 2000)

1. ``
"The Kebra Nagast" i.e. the"glory of kings of Ethiopia."
The work has been held in peculiar honor in Abyssinia for
several countries, and throughout that country, it has been, and
still is, venerated by the people ass containing the final proof of
their descent from the Hebrew patriarchs, and of kingship of
their kings of Solomonic line with Christ, the son of God. (Sir
E.A. Wallis Budge, 2000)
CHRONOLOGICAL PICTORIAL ARRANGEMENTS OF THE 3000S JOURNEYS OF ABYSSINIAN OR ETHIOPIAN
HISTORY: BEGIN WITH KEBRA NEGAST LEGENDS TO VERIFIABLE HISTORY
By: Eskender Tesfaye
KebraNagast

2. ``
Aksumawi
Aksumiwi is The son of
Ethiopis and the great-
grandson of Noah
Phantom took power in Axum and ruled
for 400yrs
Angabos
Angabos (father of Saba): kill the mighty
snake. The deal was his daughter (Saba)
becomes the next queen.
Ethiopis

3. ``
Angabos
Saba /Makeda
900 BC 900 BC
KingSolomon
Menelik I
Zagwe
Zagwe – the young man born of
the king and the servant of Queen
Makeda
Menelik I – son of Queen Makeda
and the first king to start the so-
called ‘Solomonic Dynasty’
900 BC 900 BC
The empire had gone well for 1500
years in which time, for some
reasons, it began to decline losing
its power in its provinces.

4. ``
Christ was born
Christ was born in the time of
king Bazzin
Bazzin
Hindeke
(34-42 AD)
Axum eunuch
the eunuch had met Apostle Philip.
Philip preached to him about the Gospel
and baptized him with water. He then
brought the news of Christianity into
Axum
Hundreds of years later
330 AD
Abrha and Atsbha
NineSaints
Hundred years later
303 AD
Ezanas

5. ``KingKaleb
(500-534)
King Gebere Meskel
son of King Kaleb
28 consecutive kings ruled
the land of Axum
King Anbassa Wudm
845 AD
YoditGudit
She destroyed the kingdom of Axum and ruled for the next 40 years of
her life and died. She gave a 40 years pause to the Solomonic dynasty.
After she had died Anbassa Wudm, the run-away king, got back to his
throne in Axum and reigned for 20 years and his son Dilnaod for 10 years.
She destroyed the kingdom of Axum and ruled for the next 40 years of
her life and died. She gave a 40 years pause to the Solomonic dynasty.
After she had died Anbassa Wudm, the run-away king, got back to his
throne in Axum and reigned for 20 years and his son Dilnaod for 10 years.
850-890
505 AD
St.Yared

6. ``
King Anbassa Wudm
845 AD
Dilnaod
Zagwe
Mera Teklehaimanot
The first king of the Zagwe Dynasty was Mera Teklehaimanot. Though
he was not of Solomon’s blood he was very praised of his spiritual life and
good administration. From 900 AD to 1270 (so historians guess) the
dynasty kept ruling..
900 AD-1270
son of King Anbassa Wudm
Lalibela
Lalibela – the 9th
ruler of the kingdom. The very reason for his
eminence was the 11 rock-hewn churches he built.
Yitbarek
son of King Lalibela
Solomonic dynasty
1185-1225

7. ``
YekunoAmlak
1270 -1285
Unknown
Amda Siyon
1314-1344
KingDawit
1380-1412
Zera’yakob
son of King Dawit (1434-1468)
Unknown
Emperor Naod (1494-1508)
Lebna Dengel (1508-1540)
The Decline of the Solomonic dynasty

8. `` Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi
1506-1543
Emperor Galawedos (1540-1559)
Sarsa Dengel (1563-1597)
Za Dengel (1603-1604)
Za Dengel (1603-1604)Susneyos (1607-1632)
Fasilidas (1632-1667)
Yohannes I (1667-1682)
Iyasu I ("the Great"1682-1706)
TewodrosII
1855-1868
YohannesIV
1872-1889

9. ``
EmperorMenilekII
1889-1927
A little later Ethiopia was invaded by Italian forces. In 1896 Italian
forces were defeated by the Ethiopians at Adwa; the treaty of Wichale
annulled; Italy recognized Ethiopia’s independence but retained control
over Eritrea.
Lij Iyasu
1909-1916
EmpressZawditu
LijIyasu - grandson of Menelik
Zawditu - Menelik’s daughter, who
ruled through a regent, Ras Tafari
Makonnen
1916-1930
EmperorHaileSelassieI
1930 - 1974
Emperor Haile Selassie I the last king
of the solomonic Dyansty, 725 king of
the dynasty,
In 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia and captured
Addis Ababa in the following year, and Haile
Selassie fled. The king of Italy was made emperor
of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Italian Somaliland, and
Ethiopia together form Italian East Africa. In 1941
with the help of Ethiopian resistance fighters,
British and Commonwealth soldiers defeated the
Italians.

10. `` During a ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (Haile Sellassie's former residence; now Ras Makonnen
Hall of Addis Ababa University), on 19 February 1937 (Yekatit 12), two young Eritreans lobbed as many as
ten grenades into a crowd of Ethiopian and Italian dignitaries attending Graziani. One Ethiopian was killed,
an Italian general was seriously injured, but the viceroy suffered only superficial wounds. The confused
Italian security guard responded by firing into a crowd of Ethiopian onlookers, whose deaths prefaced an
Italian orgy of vengeful killing.
Yekatit 12, 1937
1963 The Organization of African Unity (OAU)
held its first conference in Addis Ababa.
1963 - OAU
DERGE
1974 - 1989
Haile Selassie was deposed in a coup
led by Teferi Benti in the morning of 1974 and
in mysterious circumstances while in custody
in 1975.
Emperor Haile Selassie I