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The Ethiopian Empire's Lost Jewish Kingdom: Beta Israel
Season 3 Episode 125
Long before Emperor Zara Yaqob's reforms or the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, a Jewish kingdom flourished in the highlands of Ethiopia. This episod…
4 hours ago
Debre Libanos: Ethiopia's Holiest Monastery Through War and Time
Season 3 Episode 124
Perched on a sheer cliff in the Shewa highlands, Debre Libanos is the most revered monastery in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. This episode …
16 hours ago
Emperor Zara Yaqob: The Ethiopian Constantine Who Reformed a Kingdom
Season 3 Episode 123
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna explore the reign of Emperor Zara Yaqob (r. 1434–1468), a transformative figure in Ethiopian histo…
1 day, 4 hours ago
Lalibela's Rock-Hewn Churches: Ethiopia's New Jerusalem
Season 3 Episode 122
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna delve into the extraordinary story of Lalibela, the 12th-century Zagwe king who carved eleven mono…
1 day, 16 hours ago
Ezana of Axum: The Emperor Who Made Ethiopia Christian
Season 3 Episode 121
Long before Lalibela or Gondar, there was Axum — and one man changed its course forever. Emperor Ezana, who ruled in the 4th century CE, converted th…
2 days, 4 hours ago
King Kaleb's Axum: Ethiopia's Red Sea Empire
Season 3 Episode 120
Before Lalibela and the Solomonic restoration, Axum was one of the ancient world's great empires, and its most powerful ruler in the 6th century was …
2 days, 16 hours ago
Fasilides: The Emperor Who Rebuilt Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church
Season 3 Episode 119
After the chaos of Susenyos’s Jesuit flirtation, Emperor Fasilides restored Ethiopia’s ancient Orthodox faith. This episode follows his reign from 16…
3 days, 4 hours ago
The Battle of Wayna Daga: How Ethiopia Defeated Ahmed Gran
Season 3 Episode 118
In 1543, the fate of Ethiopia hung in the balance. For over a decade, Imam Ahmed ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi—known as Ahmed Gran or 'the Left-Handed'—had sw…
3 days, 16 hours ago
The Battle of Shimbra Kure: Ahmed Gran's Conquest of Ethiopia
Season 3 Episode 117
In 1529, the Ethiopian army faced a devastating defeat at the hands of Imam Ahmed ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, known as Ahmed Gran or 'the Left-Handed.' Thi…
4 days, 4 hours ago
The Ethiopian Oromo Expansion: Migration, Conflict, and Legacy
Season 3 Episode 116
The Oromo people, now Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, began a series of migrations from the southern highlands into the central and northern regions…
4 days, 16 hours ago