The Kingdom of Semien (1 Jan 858 Jahr – 1 Jan 1270 Jahr)

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The legendary Kingdom of Semien was founded when the Jewish people in Ethiopia (the Beta Israel) refused to convert to Christianity and fought against the newly Christian Kingdom of Axum. Many seem to have fled north from central Axum to the Semien region, where this state was founded.

While the origins of this kingdom are somewhat obscure, it seems to have clearly existed from at least the 5th century CE. It is sometimes also called the Kingdom of the Gideons after an early ruling dynasty.

This independent Jewish state reached its height with the rule of Queen Gudit or Judith, who ruled in the 900s CE, who ushered in a golden age that would last for two centuries.

Semien was at various times independent and autonomous within the Ethiopian Empire.

The Jewish kingdom was eventually conquered by the Ethiopian Empire, and the Ethiopian Jews faced persecution under Christian rule into modern times.

Important Figures: Queen Gudit

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