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    Posted: 02-Apr-2007 at 15:20

Here is an article in 4 parts about the women who helped define Ethiopia. From the mythical Queen Sheba, to Gudit, the warrior queen, to Masqal - a bishop in addition to being an empress and Eleni, Del Wanbara and Sabla Wangel - who helped save Ethiopia on several occasions form its muslim agressors. It is quite remarkable to observe the number of strong women in the long history of this country.

http://www.oneworldmagazine.org/focus/etiopia/women.html
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That's a wonderful website about Ethiopian women, Decebal. Thank you so much for making us aware of it. I was glad to see that these women have been as important and influential as the men in Ethiopian history.
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Hmm, under Ethipoian tradition, the Queen of Sheba was also an Ethiopian Queen as I recall.
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Originally posted by Sparten

Hmm, under Ethipoian tradition, the Queen of Sheba was also an Ethiopian Queen as I recall.
Yes, and that is why the Ethiopian emporers are also titled Lion of the Tribe of Judah.
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Originally posted by Decebal

Here is an article in 4 parts about the women who helped define Ethiopia. From the mythical Queen Sheba, to Gudit, the warrior queen, to Masqal - a bishop in addition to being an empress and Eleni, Del Wanbara and Sabla Wangel - who helped save Ethiopia on several occasions form its muslim agressors. It is quite remarkable to observe the number of strong women in the long history of this country.

http://www.oneworldmagazine.org/focus/etiopia/women.html

Given that the Queen of Sheba was an Ethiopian queen, wouldn't that mean that Bathsheba was a daughter of Ethiopia?

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Well, there's an added twist here. The Yemenis (who now live where the kingdom of Saba was), claim that Ethiopia was nothing more than a Sabean colony during the 10th century BC. As far as I know, they are right. Architectural and cultural influences (such as the Ge'ez script) seem to have originated in Saba and not in Ethiopia, though Ethiopia eventually added its own African component and flourished long after the Sabeans declined. So, even though Queen Sheba was the Queen of Ethiopia, she was actually first and foremost the queen of Saba, and was likely Sabean and not Ethiopian.
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