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in the sixth century AD. The inscription describes the area as "inaccessible mountains covered with snow" and where soldiers walked up to their knees in snow. There is also a note in Cosmas Indicopleustes' work which states that the Simien Mountains was a place of exile for subjects condemned to
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of Semien’’ became a normal title for the Crown Prince. Thereafter, the title became an honorific title for the governor of Semien, which came to occupy the fifth place in Ethiopian table of ranks.
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The Life and Adventures of Nathaniel Pearce: Written by Himself, during a Residence in Abyssinia from the Years 1810–1819; Together with Mr Coffin's Account of his First Visit to Gondar
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Some Records of Ethiopia, 1593-1646: Being Extracts from The History of High Ethiopia or Abassia by Manoel de Almeida Together with Bahrey's History of the Galla
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Account of the Life and Writings of James Bruce ...: Author of Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, & 1773
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A history of Ethiopia, Nubia & Abyssinia. According to the hieroglyphic inscriptions of Egypt and Nubia, and the Ethiopian chronicles
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noted that coarse carpets were made in Semien, from the wool and hair of sheep and goats. Semien was one of the major provinces for
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Voyages and travels to India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, in the years 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806
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Le" Futuh al-Habasa" : écriture de l'histoire, guerre et société dans le Bar Sa'ad ad-din (Ethiopie, XVIe siècle)
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Uhlig, Siegbert; Bausi, Alessandro; Yimam, Baye; Crummey, Donald; Goldenberg, Gideon, eds. (2003).
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Uhlig, Siegbert; Bausi, Alessandro; Yimam, Baye; Crummey, Donald; Goldenberg, Gideon, eds. (2003).
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Discussed further in Frederick J. Simoons, "Snow in Ethiopia: A Review of the Evidence",
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Map of the provinces of Ethiopia before 1935. (Derived from Perham, Margery (1969):
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1928 publication, Semien was known for its semi-precious stones such as
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governed Semien before his untimely death in June 1676. His brother,
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was their fortress stronghold and the main residence of the family.
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Uhlig, Siegbert; Bausi, Alessandro; Yimam, Baye, eds. (2003).
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reigned for over a decade before making the way for his son
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Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku; Gates, Henry Louis (2012).
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Yostos, the eldest son and presumptive heir of Emperor
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Index

Semien province

Amharic
province
Ethiopia
Manoel De Almeida
Tigray
Tselemt
Abergele
Wegera
Alexander Murray
Wag
Simien Mountains
Monumentum Adulitanum
Aksumite
Cosmas Indicopleustes
Aksumite king
Adal
Amhara
Susenyos
Fasilides
Aggafari
Aggafari
Dejazmach
Anestasyos
Fasilides
Susenyos
Aggafari
Yohannes I
Iyasu the Great

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