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Also Known As	Shoa • Showa

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Aksum Wessex Seleucid empire Mercia Macedonia Moab kingdom of Jerusalem Magadha Goguryeo Silla

Ethiopia

Key People

Menilek II

emperor of Ethiopia

Sahle Selassie

king of Ethiopia