Time to learn some facts about Ethiopia

Everybody heard of Ethiopia, but just how much do we know about this ancient land? With nearly 100 million inhabitants, Ethiopia is one of the earliest regions that humans call home. Today, it’s also striving to become the political centre of the African continent.

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In this brief video you can find seven little known facts about Ethiopia.

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1. Addis Ababa is Ethiopia’s capital city. It means “white flower” and, at 2,400 m above sea level, it is the 4th highest capital city in the world. It is also the headquarters of the African Union.

2. Founded in 980 B.C., Ethiopia is one of the oldest nations in the world. Emperors ruled Ethiopia until 1974 and all claim to be descendants of King Solomon of the Bible and Makeda (Ethiopian Queen of Sheba). Haile Selassie I was the last Ethiopian emperor.

3. The Danakil Depression in Ethiopia is home to the lowest point on Earth, Dallol, a lava lake that is 116 m below sea level. It is also one of the hottest places on the planet. Lucy, a human fossil believed to have existed over 3 million years ago, was found in the Great Rift Valley in Ethiopia in 1974. Even older remains were found in Hadar in 2001. Dated at more than 5 million years old, they are the earliest known ancestors of modern humans.

4. Aksum, in Ethiopia, is famous as a claimant to the final resting place of the Ark of the Covenant, the chest containing the 10 commandments God gave to Moses, and the standing obelisk, which is 23 m high.

5. Coffee was first discovered by an Ethiopian goat herder named Kaldi in the Kaffa region, from which the word “coffee” may derive, when he noticed his goats “dancing” after eating the berries off the coffee plant. Today it is the world’s second most valuable commodity after petroleum

6. Tewahedo, or the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, is one of the oldest forms of Christianity in the world. It came to Ethiopia from Egypt, where Egyptians belonged to the Coptic Church. Around A.D. 330, Frumentius, the Apostle of Ethiopia, converted the Axumite king Ezana, who made Christianity the empire’s official religion. Today, 40% of Ethiopians practice Christianity.

7. Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie I is considered the son of God among the followers of the Jamaican Rastafarianism religion. In fact, the name “Rastafari” originates from the emperor’s birthplace, Ras Tafari, which means “Prince Tafari” in Amharic. Although the Rastafari movement did evolve in Jamaica, it began in Ethiopia.

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