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Medri Bahri 'Land of the Sea' Medri Bahri ምድሪ ባሕሪ | |||||||||
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| 1137-1889 | |||||||||
| Capital | Debarwa | ||||||||
| Common languages | Geez, Tigrinya | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Bahri Negash | |||||||||
| Historical era | Medieval | ||||||||
• Established | 1137 | ||||||||
• Italian Colonisation | 1889 | ||||||||
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| Today part of |  Eritrea Ethiopia | ||||||||
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Medri Bahri (Tigrinya: ምድሪ ባሕሪ, Amharic: መረብ መላሽ) was a medieval kingdom in the Horn of Africa. The Ethiopians called the area Mereb Melash (land beyond the river). Today the kingdom is part of Eritrea and Northern Ethiopia. Partially separate from the Greater Abyssinian Empire, Medri Bahri was ruled by the Bahr Negus (also called the Bahr Negash) whose capital was situated in Debarwa.[1] The main provinces of Medri Bahri were Hamasien, Seraye and Akele Guzai, of which today are all inhabited predominately by the Tigray-Tigrinya people (who make up almost 60% of the population of Eritrea and 7% of the population of Ethiopia.
References
- ^ Edward Denison, Guang Yu Ren, Naigzy Gebremedhin Asmara: Africa's secret modernist city, 2003. (page 20)