Amuda Seyon - Amuda Seyon

Japanese: アムダ・セヨン - あむだせよん
Amuda Seyon - Amuda Seyon

… From this time until the mid-19th century, Ethiopia's history saw many ups and downs. For example, during the reign of Amuda Seyon in the first half of the 14th century, Ethiopia expanded further through conquest. It was during this period or around the same time that Europeans likened Ethiopia to the country of Prester John (a Christian king believed to have actually existed in Asia and Africa) (see Prester John legend). …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Amda Seyon" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… これ以後19世紀半ばにいたるまでのあいだ,エチオピアの歴史にはいくつもの起伏がみられた。たとえば14世紀前半のアムダ・セヨンの治世には,征服によって版図はさらに拡大した。ヨーロッパ人によってエチオピアがプレスター・ジョン(アジア,アフリカ地域に実在すると信じられたキリスト教王)の国に擬せられたのも,この時代およびその前後であった(〈プレスター・ジョン伝説〉参照)。…

※「アムダ・セヨン」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Amutum - Amutum

>>:  Amzurek, P.

Recommend

Cabinet Information Bureau - Cabinet Information Bureau

A national organization for fascist control of th...

Rice, Elmer

Born: September 28, 1892, New York [Died] May 8, 1...

Hemichordate - Hemichordate

A group of marine invertebrates that make up the ...

Jean Le Rond d'Alembert

French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher....

Barchan Dune

... As the sand moves, the grains become rounded ...

tropical kudzu (English spelling) tropicalkudzu

...The leaves are rich in water-soluble carbohydr...

Yang Hu-cheng (English: Yang Hu-cheng)

[Live] Guangxu 19 (1893). Shaanxi, Pacheng Died Se...

Behçet, H. (English spelling) BehcetH

...This disease was reported in 1937 by Turkish d...

Se - Shitsu

A stringed instrument used in Chinese gagaku musi...

Tangshan Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period Tombs

A tomb from the Spring and Autumn Period and Warri...

Oboiwai - Oboiwai

...A celebration in which a pregnant woman is giv...

Shellfish Passage - Kai no Kuchitsugi

… Traditional kiri-gumi joints used in Japanese w...

External respiration

In animals, this refers to gas exchange in which ...

Luoyang - Rakuyo

A prefecture-level city in the northwest of Henan...

Gast, L. (English spelling) GastL

...The former is a fairy tale, the latter a famil...