The Habesha Chronicles

Have you ever wondered where the Arch of the Covenant is? who the queen of Sheba is? or who was the King that hosted the followers of prophet Mohammed during the first hijra? Do you wonder who the first person to be baptized as a christian by apostle Philip is? Do you know the only language with its own alphabets in Africa? where and where were European colonizers defeated in Africa? Who is Emperor Haile Selassie? Reading 'The Habesha Chronicles' you will find the answers to these questions. The Habesha Chronicles will take you in a time journey through the history of the Habesha people in Ethiopia and Eritrea. The Habesha people have a long history of statehood. Reading the book, you will start your journey with the great Axum kingdom which was one of the four great civilizations of the world at the time along with Rome, Pursia and China. You will be pinned to the book as you read about the great Queen Yodit Gudit who destroyed the kingdom of Axum and the Zagwe dynasty that followed her. You will read about the Zagwe kings who built the great Rock hewen churches of Lalibela. The story of the controversial Ahmed Ibn Al Ghazi, the conqurer is told beautifully in a chapter dedicated to him. The Shewa monarchs and the Gonder kings followed by the expansion of Oromo with a detail explanation of the Gadaa system. You will read about Yared the father of Habesha Music, Zar'a Yakob the Phylosopher and other great figures in The Habesha Chronicles.