#abbyssinia

An Anuak fighter posing with a sword presented to him by Menelik after the battle of Adwa in Ethiopia.

ETHIOPIA Is the most populous landlocked country in the world, and the second-most populous nation on the Africa

Some of the oldest evidence for anatomically modern humans has been found in Ethiopia such as (Lucy or dengnesh) and many more ETHIOPIA Is the only African country to defeat a European colonial power and retain its sovereignty Ethiopian fought men & women till their last drop of blood to defend their land refused to live on their knees and rather to stand tall even if it cost their life…& won gloriously And cause of that many African nations adopted the colors of Ethiopia’s flag following their independence. ETHIOPIA Was the first independent African member of the 20th-century League of Nations and the UN. ETHIOPIA Is a multilingual nation with around 80 ethnolinguistic groups is a county of a beautiful different cultures, customs, and religions Christianity, Islamic, Jewish …that have lived for many years together in harmony love respect and tolerance only thrived for the better under one flag. ETHIOPIA Is the origin of the coffee bean. It is a land of natural contrasts, with its vast fertile West, jungles, and numerous rivers and its the origin of the longest river in the world Nile. ETHIOPIA has the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Africa and it’s the site of the Hijrah to Abyssinia and the oldest Muslim settlement in Africa at Negash. ETHIOPIA Is one of the founding members of the UN, the Non-Aligned Movement & the Organisation of AU, with Addis Ababa serving as the headquarters, the Pan African Chamber of Commerce Industry, the UNECA, & African Aviation Training HQ, the African Standby Force and much of global NGOs focused on Africa. ETHIOPIA Was one of the fastest growing economies in the world, registering over 10% economic growth from 2004 through 2009.It was the fastest-growing non-oil-dependent African economy in the years 2007 and 2008. According to Global Fire Power, Ethiopia has the 46th most powerful military in the world. ETHIOPIA Was hit by a series of famines in the1980s, exacerbated by civil wars and adverse geopolitics that affected around 8 million people, resulting in 1 million dead. Abyssinia has recovered it and now has the largest economy (by GDP) in East Africa and Central Africa another challenge faced and won gloriously! ETHIOPIA♡ Is now facing probably one of the hardest and heart breaking challenge, in 2015 Ethiopia is under a sever drought and about 15million Ethiopians are starving, as much as it hurts knowing your brothers and sisters are sleeping hungry its not something we can’t fight and defeat it again! the world we live in is unforgivable unfair and unjustified. Despite that only we together can fight it and raise above all the struggles stand tall and prosper to A better life. And we will we have done it before we surely can do it again. Ethiopia shall thrive! Ethiopia shall win gloriously! Long Live Ethiopia ♡