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    question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Ethiopic characters. Medri Bahri (Amharic: ምድሪ ባሕሪ, English: Sea Kingdom), known in Tigrinya as Mereb...
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    Eritrea (section Medri Bahri)
    Christian Kingdom of Medri Bahri, ruled by a Bahri Negus (or Bahri Negash, meaning "sea king"). The area was at first known as Ma'ikele Bahri ("between the seas/rivers"...
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    Wofla and later killed. The 500 musketeers were led by Bahri Negassi Yeshaq, king of Medri Bahri. Yeshaq provided the Portuguese with not only provisions...
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    Following the fall of Aksum, the land of present-day Eritrea was part of Medri Bahri. The kingdom lasted until Italian colonization in 1889, however the coastal...
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  • Sultanate in 1535. The nephew of Ahmed Gurey, he led the Adalite conquest of Medri Bahri and was briefly the Bahr Negash. He was also the father of the Sultan...
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    the decisive Battle of Wayna Daga. The Ottomans invaded the Kingdom of Medri Bahri, now modern-day Eritrea, in 1557 with a force of perhaps 1400-1500 under...
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    participated in the battle includes the Bahr-Negash and other officials from Medri Bahri, many district governors from Tigray, Amhara, the Agaw territories, Begemder...
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    rewarded with the port town of Arkiko, which before the war had belonged to Medri Bahri. However, in 1541, one year after the death of sultan Ahmad, the Portuguese...
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  • Eritreans have dealt with both war and peace. During the kingdom of Medri Bahri, the military fought numerous battles against the invading forces of...
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  • Northern Red Sea Region, in Eritrea Southern Red Sea Region, in Eritrea Medri Bahri, a medieval kingdom in the Horn of Africa Red Sea (state), a state in...
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    reserves, but his advance was not stopped, his armies reached the coasts of Medri Bahri and Kassala where they made contact with the Muslim Beja tribes of the...
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  • colony consisting of Maya warriors from the south of his realm in the Medri Bahri. Maya archers initially formed the core[citation needed][clarification...
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    emperor Zara Yaqob it was rebranded as the domain of the Bahr Negash, the Medri Bahri ("Sea land" in Tigrinya, although it included some areas like Shire on...
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  • Muhammad Ali dynasty Khedivate of Egypt Sultanate of Egypt Kingdom of Egypt Medri Bahri House of Dlamini Harla Kingdom Sultanate of Showa Sultanate of Dawaro...
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  • during the Eritrean War of Independence, Eritrea (formerly known as "Medri Bahri") gained de facto independence from Ethiopia. Following the United Nations...
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  • support his nephew Wazir Abbas who was conquering the northern regions of Medri Bahri specifically Seraye. However Addoli and Abbas were ambushed by an Azmach...
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  • century–1861) Wadai Empire (1501–1912) Kingdom of Baguirmi (1480/1522–1897) Medri Bahri (c. 1137–1879) Ethiopian Empire (1270 - 1974) Adal Sultanate (1415–1559)...
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    the Eritrean War of Independence. The region was historically called Medri Bahri (Land of the Sea). Its name was changed to Eritrea following the creation...
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    of their kingdom. In 1618-1619 Bahr Negash Gebre Mariam, ruler of the Medri Bahri, helped Emperor Susneyos in a military campaign against the Sennar Sultanate...
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  • uncountable including many of their leader including Za Wengal, King of Medri Bahri, and the Two Slaves who were standard-bearers. 10,000 Noblemen were killed...
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  • take Eger 1554/1557–1589 Ottoman conquest of Habesh  Ottoman Empire Medri Bahri Adal Sultanate Ethiopian Empire Victory Establishment of Habesh Eyalet...
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    land of the Bahr negash (Tigrinya "kingdom of the sea", also known as Medri Bahri or "land of/by the sea") to the north of the river, and the Tigray to...
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    Busozo and Bushiru Sultanate of Šawah (11th century-1285 AD) Kingdom of Medri Bahri (1137–1890 AD) Zagwe dynasty (1137–1270 AD) Sultanate of Arababni (12th...
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    of the Sea"), in contrast to the Bahr Negash ("Lord of the Sea") of Medri Bahri. It was shortly after the death of Sultan Mubarak that the Dahlak sultanate...
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  • and Environment Woldemichael Solomon (1820–1906), Ras (Prince) of the Medri Bahri kingdom and Hamasien Yared Woldemichael (born 1968), Ethiopian boxer...
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  • 1564–c.1584) Suuna I, Kabaka (c.1584–c.1614) Horn of Africa area Eritrea Medri Bahri – Yeshaq, Bahr Negus (?–1578) Ethiopia Ethiopian Empire: Solomonic dynasty...
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    on the Ethiopian highlands between Lasta and Tigray. The kingdom of Medri Bahri, which controlled the Red Sea coast in modern-day Eritrea, was a client...
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  • Sultanate 1275–1403 AD Makhzumi dynasty Walale Sultanate 896–1286 AD Medri Bahri Debarwa Kingdom 1137-1879 AD Sultanate of Mogadishu Mogadishu Sultanate...
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  • relationship with Lebna Dengel. The port had previously belonged to Medri Bahri under the Bahr Negash Za Wengel who was slain during Shimbra Kure. After...
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  • Capital: Jodhpur  Mayas – Maya civilization  Maynila – Kingdom of Maynila  Medri Bahri – Land of the Sea Capital: Debarwa  Mewar – Mewar Kingdom Capital: Chittor...
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