Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 1270 – 1975

Ethiopian Empire

A state of 1270 – 1975 — 705 years in the Middle East and North Africa. It replaced Federation of Ethiopia and Eritrea, Kingdom of Wolaita and Kingdom of Limmu-Ennarea and followed Kingdom of Gumma and Kingdom of Yamma. The atlas records 91 things within it — wars and battles 13 · unrest and atrocity 2 · treaties 3 · people 72 · works and ideas 1. Its line of rulers holds 87 people, 66 with dated terms. Its own article says it was dissolved.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
705 years
1270 – 1975
Rulers
87
the Emperor of Ethiopia
Most ground
1.26 million km²
in 1956
Within it
91
recorded rows
Symbols
2
on record, with years
Map: Ethiopian Empire in 1956, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Ethiopian Empire in 1956, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 1.26 million km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.
Ethiopian Empire in 1272, first mapped

1272 · first mapped · 210,100 km²

Ethiopian Empire in 1956, at its largest

1956 · at its largest · 1.26 million km²

The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Kingdom of Yamma: 1500 – 1894Kingdom of Gumma: 1701 – 1899Federation of Ethiopia and Eritrea: 1952 – 1962Ethiopian Empire: 1270 – 1975

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

How it ended, as its article says

Dissolved, 1975-03. Read from the article's section “History - Fall of monarchy” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.

The monarchy was formally abolished in March 1975, and Marxism-Leninism was proclaimed the new ideology of the state.

One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rulers

The line of Emperor of Ethiopia.

Yetbarak · 1260 – 1268 · left office aliveYekuno Amlak · 1270 – 1285 · no death date to read the end againstYagbe'u Seyon · 1285 – 1295 · no death date to read the end againstSenfa Ared IV · 1294 – 1295 · no death date to read the end againstHezba Asgad · 1295 – 1296 · no death date to read the end againstQedma Asgad · 1296 – 1297 · no death date to read the end againstJin Asgad · 1297 – 1298 · no death date to read the end againstSaba Asgad · 1298 – 1299 · no death date to read the end againstWedem Arad · 1299 – 1314 · died in office, manner not recordedAmda Seyon I · 1314 – 1344 · died in office, manner not recordedNewaya Krestos · 1344 – 1372 · no death date to read the end againstNewaya Maryam · 1371 – 1380 · no death date to read the end againstDawit I · 1382 – 1413 · died by accidentTewodros I · 1413 – 1414 · died in office, manner not recordedYeshaq I · 1414 – 1429 · died in office, manner not recordedAndreyas · 1429 – 1430 · died in office, manner not recordedTakla Maryam · 1430 – 1433 · died in office, manner not recordedSarwe Iyasus · 1433 – 1433 · died in office of natural causesAmda Iyasus · 1433 – 1434 · died in office, manner not recordedZara Yaqob · 1434 – 1468 · died in office, manner not recordedBaeda Maryam I · 1468 – 1478 · died in office, manner not recordedEskender · 1471 – 1494 · died in office, manner not recordedAmda Seyon II · 1494 – 1494 · died in office, manner not recordedNa'od · 1494 – 1508 · killed, the article saysDawit II · 1508 – 1540 · died in office, manner not recordedGelawdewos · 1540 – 1559 · died in office, manner not recordedMenas of Ethiopia · 1559 – 1563 · no death date to read the end againstSarsa Dengel · 1563 – 1597 · died in office, manner not recordedYaqob of Ethiopia · 1597 – 1603 · left office aliveZa Dengel · 1603 – 1604 · died in office, manner not recordedYaqob of Ethiopia · 1604 – 1607 · died in office, manner not recordedSusenyos I · 1606 – 1632 · abdicated, the article saysFasilides · 1632 – 1667 · died in office, manner not recordedYohannes I · 1667 – 1682 · died in office, manner not recordedIyasu I · 1682 – 1706 · deposed, the article saysTekle Haymanot I · 1706 – 1708 · killed, the article saysTewoflos · 1708 – 1711 · died in office, manner not recordedYostos · 1711 – 1716 · died in office, manner not recordedDawit III · 1716 – 1721 · died in office, manner not recordedBakaffa · 1721 – 1730 · died in office, manner not recordedIyasu II · 1730 – 1755 · died in office, manner not recordedIyoas I · 1755 – 1769 · killedYohannes II · 1769 – 1769 · died in office, manner not recordedTekle Haymanot II · 1769 – 1777 · died in office, manner not recordedSusenyos II · 1770 – 1770 · left office aliveSalomon II · 1777 – 1779 · deposed, the article saysTekle Giyorgis I · 1779 – 1784 · left office aliveIyasu III · 1784 – 1788 · left office aliveTekle Giyorgis I · 1788 – 1789 · left office aliveHezqeyas · 1789 – 1794 · left office aliveBaeda Maryam II · 1795 – 1795 · left office aliveTekle Giyorgis I · 1795 – 1796 · left office aliveSalomon III of Ethiopia · 1796 – 1797 · left office aliveYonas · 1797 – 1798 · left office aliveTekle Giyorgis I · 1798 – 1799 · left office aliveSalomon III of Ethiopia · 1799 – 1799 · left office aliveTekle Giyorgis I · 1800 – 1800 · left office aliveDemetros · 1800 – 1801 · left office aliveEgwale Seyon · 1801 – 1818 · died in office, manner not recordedIyoas II · 1818 – 1821 · died in office, manner not recordedGigar · 1821 – 1826 · deposed, the article saysBaeda Maryam II · 1826 – 1826 · left office aliveGigar · 1826 – 1830 · left office aliveIyasu IV · 1830 – 1832 · died in office, manner not recordedGebre Krestos · 1832 – 1832 · died in office, manner not recordedSahle Dengel · 1832 – 1840 · left office aliveYohannes III · 1840 – 1841 · left office aliveSahle Dengel · 1841 – 1845 · left office aliveYohannes III · 1845 – 1845 · left office aliveSahle Dengel · 1845 – 1850 · left office aliveYohannes III · 1850 – 1851 · left office aliveSahle Dengel · 1851 – 1855 · died in office, manner not recordedTewodros II · 1855 – 1868 · died by suicideYohannes IV · 1871 – 1889 · killedMenelik II · 1889 – 1913 · died in office of natural causesLij Iyasu · 1913 – 1916 · deposed, the article saysZewditu I of Ethiopia · 1916 – 1930 · died in office, manner not recordedHaile Selassie · 1930 – 1974 · killedVictor Emmanuel III · 1936 – 1941 · left office alive140016001800
killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared throne
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Yetbarak1260 – 12688 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Yekuno Amlak1270 – 128515 yearsending not on record
Yagbe'u Seyon1285 – 129510 yearsending not on recordchild
Senfa Ared IV1294 – 12951 yearending not on recordchild
Hezba Asgad1295 – 12961 yearending not on recordsibling
Qedma Asgad1296 – 12971 yearending not on recordsibling
Jin Asgad1297 – 12981 yearending not on recordsibling
Saba Asgad1298 – 12991 yearending not on recordsibling
Wedem Arad1299 – 131415 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Amda Seyon I1314 – 134430 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Newaya Krestos1344 – 137228 yearsending not on recordchild
Newaya Maryam1371 – 13809 yearsending not on recordchild
Dawit I1382 – 141331 yearsdied by accidentWikidata's manner of deathsibling
Tewodros I1413 – 14141 yeardied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Yeshaq I1414 – 142915 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonesibling
Andreyas1429 – 14301 yeardied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Takla Maryam1430 – 14333 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonesibling
Sarwe Iyasus1433 – 1433under a yeardied in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of deathchild
Amda Iyasus1433 – 14341 yeardied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonesibling
Zara Yaqob1434 – 146834 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Baeda Maryam I1468 – 147810 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Eskender1471 – 149423 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Amda Seyon II1494 – 1494under a yeardied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Na'od1494 – 150814 yearskilled, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Dawit II1508 – 154032 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Gelawdewos1540 – 155919 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Menas of Ethiopia1559 – 15634 yearsending not on recordsibling
Sarsa Dengel1563 – 159734 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Yaqob of Ethiopia1597 – 16036 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alonechild
Za Dengel1603 – 16041 yeardied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Yaqob of Ethiopia1604 – 16073 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Susenyos I1606 – 163226 yearsabdicated, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Fasilides1632 – 166735 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Yohannes I1667 – 168215 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Iyasu I1682 – 170624 yearsdeposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own articlechild
Tekle Haymanot I1706 – 17082 yearskilled, the article saysread from the ruler's own articlechild
Tewoflos1708 – 17113 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Yostos1711 – 17165 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Dawit III1716 – 17215 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Bakaffa1721 – 17309 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonesibling
Iyasu II1730 – 175525 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Iyoas I1755 – 176914 yearskilledWikidata's manner of deathchild
Yohannes II1769 – 1769under a yeardied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Tekle Haymanot II1769 – 17778 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Susenyos II1770 – 1770under a yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Salomon II1777 – 17792 yearsdeposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Tekle Giyorgis I1779 – 17845 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Iyasu III1784 – 17884 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Tekle Giyorgis I1788 – 17891 yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Hezqeyas1789 – 17945 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Baeda Maryam II1795 – 1795under a yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Tekle Giyorgis I1795 – 17961 yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Salomon III of Ethiopia1796 – 17971 yearleft office aliveread off the dates alonenephew or niece
Yonas1797 – 17981 yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Tekle Giyorgis I1798 – 17991 yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Salomon III of Ethiopia1799 – 1799under a yearleft office aliveread off the dates alonenephew or niece
Tekle Giyorgis I1800 – 1800under a yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Demetros1800 – 18011 yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Egwale Seyon1801 – 181817 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Iyoas II1818 – 18213 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonesibling
Gigar1821 – 18265 yearsdeposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own articlesibling
Baeda Maryam II1826 – 1826under a yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Gigar1826 – 18304 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Iyasu IV1830 – 18322 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Gebre Krestos1832 – 1832under a yeardied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Sahle Dengel1832 – 18408 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alonesibling
Yohannes III1840 – 18411 yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Sahle Dengel1841 – 18454 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Yohannes III1845 – 1845under a yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Sahle Dengel1845 – 18505 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Yohannes III1850 – 18511 yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Sahle Dengel1851 – 18554 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Tewodros II1855 – 186813 yearsdied by suicideWikidata's manner of death
Yohannes IV1871 – 188918 yearskilledWikidata's manner of death
Menelik II1889 – 191324 yearsdied in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death
Lij Iyasu1913 – 19163 yearsdeposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own articlegrandchild
Zewditu I of Ethiopia1916 – 193014 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Haile Selassie1930 – 197444 yearskilledWikidata's manner of death
Victor Emmanuel III1936 – 19415 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone

87 rulers, 66 with terms dated as terms, covering 1260 – 1974. Median reign 4 years. 16 of 78 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

140016001800

209,200 km² in 1295, 1.26 million km² in 1975; at its largest 1.26 million km² in 1970. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Imperial coat of arms of Ethiopia (Haile Selassie)
    coat of arms, undatedImperial coat of arms of Ethiopia (Haile Selassie) · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Flag of Ethiopia (1897–1974)
    flag, undatedFlag of Ethiopia (1897–1974) · Public domain

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

1200 – 1299: 4 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other12001300 – 1399: 7 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other13001400 – 1499: 8 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 8 other14001500 – 1599: 10 recorded — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 8 other15001600 – 1699: 9 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other16001700 – 1799: 13 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 13 other17001800 – 1899: 24 recorded — 7 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 17 other18001900 – 1999: 16 recorded — 4 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 10 other1900

1200 – 12994 rows

1300 – 13997 rows

1400 – 14998 rows

1500 – 159910 rows · 2 wars and battles

and 2 more in the atlas.

1600 – 16999 rows

and 1 more in the atlas.

1700 – 179913 rows

and 5 more in the atlas.

1800 – 189924 rows · 7 wars and battles

and 16 more in the atlas.

1900 – 199916 rows · 4 wars and battles · 2 risings, regime changes and massacres

and 8 more in the atlas.

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood705 years

    stood longer than 93% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held1,259,900 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 87% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.

  • Wars recorded per century0.9

    had more wars on record per century than 92% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median4 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 13% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record87

    has more rulers on record than 99% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

Kingdom of Wolaita · Linked · 1251 – 1897Kingdom of WolaitaEthiopian Empire · 1270 – 1975Ethiopian Empire1400160018002000
linked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q207521 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.