KING TEWODROS
After Menelik I, the first king of the solomonic dynasty, there is a great jump, many times the capital have change place and many kings have changed, I know, but I don't want a make a book, I just want to speak about the part of the History that I like more.
Tewodros is one of the kings that the people in Ethiopia love more.
He was born in 1818 in Qwara, He ruled Ethiopia from 11 february 1855 until 13 april 1868 when he died. He was born in a time that it was called the age of the princes, there was a king but it was a weak figure, The regional princes were having a lot of power and they were fighting each other all the time. Kassa was destroying some warlords before to become emperor, finishing the age of princes. He started to unify Ethiopia becoming the king, He didn't finish the Ethiopian union but he did the main work to make one all the country.
Between Ethiopians he have a great place, he was a national Hero. English people came to the country, he wanted they teach about technology or other wise, but they wanted to introduce the Catholicism. About that he was clear: " In this country there are so many priest and they have their own books, we don't need the religion of other people, what we need is knowledge". By this reason he catch away the English people and other ones he made prisoner. That's why the English people came to make war against him. When he was going to lose the was they asked him to surrender, he got so angry and decided to kill himself just not to give them the victory.
He did very important things, for example the priests of the orthodox church were so much, and he ordered them to be just three in every church and to work to get the own food. Before that they were living on the people that was working and giving them food, and there were about 100 priests every church. To accomplish this he told the priests that if they don't follow this rule he was going to cut their arms, and he did it.
Over this line there is the cross of Tewodros.
HIS CHILD ADOPTED IN ENGLAND
When Tewodros died, his child Alemayu was taken to England to grow and live there. He was living a a king child but he was not allowed to back to Ethiopia so somehow was adopted abroad. He was not happy at all and he died very young (19 years old) without seeing again his country. He was buried there.
After Menelik I, the first king of the solomonic dynasty, there is a great jump, many times the capital have change place and many kings have changed, I know, but I don't want a make a book, I just want to speak about the part of the History that I like more.Tewodros is one of the kings that the people in Ethiopia love more.
He was born in 1818 in Qwara, He ruled Ethiopia from 11 february 1855 until 13 april 1868 when he died. He was born in a time that it was called the age of the princes, there was a king but it was a weak figure, The regional princes were having a lot of power and they were fighting each other all the time. Kassa was destroying some warlords before to become emperor, finishing the age of princes. He started to unify Ethiopia becoming the king, He didn't finish the Ethiopian union but he did the main work to make one all the country.
Between Ethiopians he have a great place, he was a national Hero. English people came to the country, he wanted they teach about technology or other wise, but they wanted to introduce the Catholicism. About that he was clear: " In this country there are so many priest and they have their own books, we don't need the religion of other people, what we need is knowledge". By this reason he catch away the English people and other ones he made prisoner. That's why the English people came to make war against him. When he was going to lose the was they asked him to surrender, he got so angry and decided to kill himself just not to give them the victory.
He did very important things, for example the priests of the orthodox church were so much, and he ordered them to be just three in every church and to work to get the own food. Before that they were living on the people that was working and giving them food, and there were about 100 priests every church. To accomplish this he told the priests that if they don't follow this rule he was going to cut their arms, and he did it.
HIS CHILD ADOPTED IN ENGLAND
When Tewodros died, his child Alemayu was taken to England to grow and live there. He was living a a king child but he was not allowed to back to Ethiopia so somehow was adopted abroad. He was not happy at all and he died very young (19 years old) without seeing again his country. He was buried there.
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