134:), preceded by king Sabe II and succeeded by king Lakndun Nowarari. Etiyopus II reigned from 1730 to 1700 B.C. (Ethiopian calendar), preceded by Her Hator I and succeeded by Senuka I. The relations of these two kings with their predecessors and successors is not made clear on the king list and their names certainly do not match with the names of Ethiopis' descendants mentioned in the previous tradition. However, the Ethiopian queen
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536:this list
257:Abyssinia
192:Herodotus
188:Aethiopia
179:word for
167:Aethiopia
54:, son of
25:Ethiopian
1491:Category
1446:Religion
1383:Polygamy
1339:Maternal
1248:Taxation
1139:Military
1051:Politics
730:articles
726:Ethiopia
494:27828841
476:Ethiopia
339:27828841
321:Ethiopia
287:See also
250:Biblical
238:Ethiopia
219:Ethiopia
29:Ethiopia
17:Ethiopis
1475:Outline
1421:Cuisine
1408:Culture
1344:Women's
1319:Famines
1282:Society
1258:Tourism
1188:Economy
1104:Council
1068:history
1023:Woredas
1006:Regions
950:Geology
826:1887–89
771:Emperor
738:History
538:at the
277:Nubians
244:by the
227:Manetho
181:incense
76:Eritrea
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1223:Energy
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1028:Cities
963:Rivers
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64:Nubian
1482:Index
1441:Music
1436:Media
1398:Women
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1205:Banks
1018:Zones
988:Fauna
983:Flora
968:Lakes
831:First
490:JSTOR
335:JSTOR
281:Meroë
273:Ge'ez
269:Greek
242:Meroe
223:Meroe
215:Sudan
204:Homer
200:Egypt
177:Ge'ez
120:Sheba
1425:wine
1356:LGBT
1324:Flag
1172:Navy
1097:list
1085:list
868:Derg
776:list
628:ISBN
607:2022
560:ISBN
513:ISBN
364:2017
265:Kush
175:, a
173:Itan
93:Axum
81:The
68:Kush
60:Noah
52:Cush
1416:Art
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