1st Period: District 5

Country: Ethiopia

Archeologists have found the oldest known human ancestors in ethiopia.
Ethiopia is africas oldest and first indpependent country

Ethiopias problems include widespread illiteracy, aids.

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facts include that ethiopia has never lost its indpendence, its literacy rate as of 2007 was 36%, christianity and and islam are major religions

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Religious Culture:
Ethiopia, an old country beyond all imaginations, has culture and traditions dating back over 3000 years. With over 80 different Ethnic groups with their own language, culture and traditions. The strong religious setting, celebrations and festivals play an important part in every ones daily life.


Church ceremonies are a major feature of Ethiopian life. The events are impressive and unique. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has its own head, follows its own customs, and is extremely proud of its fourth century origins.

Ethiopia's Islamic tradition is also strong and offers colorful contrast, particularly in the eastern and south-eastern parts of the country. In fact, there were Ethiopian Muslims during the lifetime of Prophet Mohammed. This rich religious history is brought to life in the romantic walled city of Harar, considered by many Muslims to be the fourth "Holy City" following Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem.
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Important People:
Some philosophers from ethopia: zara yaecob: he led to refuse the authority of the ethopian tradition
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History:
Ethiopia appears in the king james bible 45 times
Ancient ethiopia was part of he askum empire which was one of the first organized african empires. The askum were the first africans to mint coins
The askum also had a very powerful military which enabled them to take military expeditions into south arabia

The askum began their decline in the 7th century.

Up until the mid 90s ethiopia was ruled by a dictatorship which persected many people groups. But this dictatorship fell and was replaced by a modern republic
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Geography:

At 435,071 square miles (1,126,829 km2),[61] Ethiopia is the world's 27th-largest country (after Colombia). It is comparable in size to Bolivia.

The major portion of Ethiopia lies on the Horn of Africa, which is the easternmost part of the African landmass. Bordering Ethiopia is Sudan to the west, Djibouti and Eritrea to the north, Somalia to the east, and Kenya to the south. Within Ethiopia is a vast highland complex of mountains and dissected plateaus divided by the Great Rift Valley, which runs generally southwest to northeast and is surrounded by lowlands, steppes, or semi-desert. The great diversity of terrain determines wide variations in climate, soils, natural vegetation, and settlement patterns.
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Natural resources: small reserves of gold, platinum, copper, potash, natural gas, hydropower

This entry lists a country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.

Telecommunications in Ethiopia is currently a monopoly in the control of the Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC); all telephone service and internet access requires ETC to be involved. As of 2006, 866,700 cellular phones and 725,000 main line phones were in use

The telephone system consists of open wire and microwave radio relay system adequate for government use. Domestic systems are open wire; microwave radio relay; radio communication in the HF, VHF, and UHF frequencies; two domestic satellites provide the national trunk service. International systems are open wire to Sudan and Djibouti; microwave radio relay to Kenya and Djibouti; satellite earth stations

The first telegraph line in Ethiopia was constructed in the years 1897 - 1899 between the cities of Harar and the capital Addis Ababa. This was extended in 1904 by a line that ran from Addis Ababa through Tigray into Eritrea and to Massawa;

Agriculture accounts for 46.3% of the GDP, 83.9% of exports, and 80% of the labour force.

Principal crops include coffee, pulses (e.g., beans), oilseeds, cereals, potatoes, sugarcane, and vegetables.

Ethiopia's livestock population is believed to be the largest in Africa, and in 2006/2007 livestock accounted for 10.6% of Ethiopia's export income, with leather and leather products making up 7.5% and live animals 3.1%.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia
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Political leaders of Ethopia:
1.)Emperor (Negus)

• Haile Selassie I  

2.)Chairmen of the Provisional Military Administration Council

•  Aman Mikael Andom
• Mengistu Haile Mariam
• Tafari Benti
• Mengistu Haile Mariam  

3.)Presidents of the Republic

• Mengistu Haile Mariam
•  Tesfaye Gebre Kidan   

4.)President of the Provisional Government

• Meles Zenawi   

5.)President of the Republic

• Negaso Gidada 
• Girma Wolde-Giyorgis Lucha 

Artists: 

• Gezahegn Yohannis
• Elema BoruAmina Ismail Sherif
• Jembere HailuZerihun Yetmgeta
• Menjiye TabetaBogine Shala
• Tabita HatutiAdamu Tesfaw
• Tolera TafaIto Indalay

The politicans are divided into five groups:

1.Assassinated Ethiopian politicians
2.Ethiopian chiefs
3.Members of the Federal Parliamentary Assembly
4.Prime Ministers of Ethiopia
5.Ethiopia political leader templates
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Famous ethiopian writers:
1.) blatten geta mahtama sallase walda masqal and
2.) marsae hazan walda qirqos.
Both of these men contributed to the development of amharic language and literature and influenced the amharic language and literature in the 20th century.
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