71 Royal Seat of the Solomonic Emperors

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Gondar · Ethiopian Highlands, Ethiopia

Royal Seat of the Solomonic Emperors

The imperial castle of Gondar in the northern highlands dates back to 1636, when Gondar was the capital of Ethiopia. One of the oldest countries in the world, Ethiopia has been a sovereign state for more than 3,000 years, apart from the occupation by Mussolinis Italy from 1936 to 1941.

According to myth, the royal family is able to trace its lineage all the way back to the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon. The hereditary rulers were known as the Solomonic Emperors of Ethiopia, a line unbroken until the last Emperor, Haile Selassie I, was deposed by a Soviet-backed military junta in 1974.

The earliest human remains ever found were excavated here, and scientists believe homo sapiens migrated from Ethiopia to the rest of the world at least 150,000 years ago.

The old royal castle remains one of Ethiopias main tourist attractions. Now a modern university town with a population of 200,000, Gondar is the biggest city in the Amhara region, where most of the 17 million inhabitants are smallholder farmers of cattle, sheep, goats and poultry.

The highlands are between 1,500 and 2,500 metres above sea level, making the climate rather cool for this part of Africa. As a result, the highlanders largely escape the scourge of malaria, the most prodigious of killer diseases in Ethiopia, which takes the lives of 160,000 lowlanders every year and strikes down millions of others.

Temperatures are expected to rise and precipitation to increase in the northern highlands. If this happens, it will cause the mosquitoes that transmit malaria to seek new breeding grounds in the high-altitude area of Amhara and other highland regions, spreading the disease to millions of people.

Between 2050 and 2080, the highlands of East Africa could become a high-risk area for malaria, causing huge loss of life and extensive damage to the economy.

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[raslife010]

this is a lie i been to gondor in 2008 n vids like this is propagander !!!!!!!!!!!

n yes that is where lord of the rings got the name from gondor !!!

[ehaydeen]

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[realistromeo]

Captial of gondor?

[herohabesha]

hahahahhaha!!!!

I thought you were talking about the slomonic dynasty.

we know there are farmers and malaria, we dont need your statics.....i dont see your point....dah

[menkemhadeseb]

thats allllllll.clear pic.nice presented but is that all about this massage