Dil Na'od was the last Axumite king or emperor before the Zagwe dynasty of Ethiopia. No dates are certain. He was the younger son of Ged'a Jan, (or Degna Djan), and succeeded his older brother, 'Anbasa Wedem. He was defeated by Mara Takla Haymanut, a prince from Lasta province, who married Dil Na'od's daughter, Masaba Warq. Supposedly, a son of his was carried to Amhara, (possibly to present day Ambassel, near Lake Hayq bwhere he was harbored, until his descendants overthrew the Zagwe, and reëstablished the Solomonic dynasty. The Kingdom of Aksum (or Axum), was an important trading nation in northeastern Africa, growing from ca. ... The Zagwe Dynasty ruled Ethiopia from the end of the Kingdom of Axum to 1270, when Yekuno Amlak defeated and killed the last Zagwe king in battle. ... Amhara (አማራ) may refer to: Amhara, an ethnic group of Ethiopia. ... Ambassel is a mountain fortress in the Amhara highlands of Ethiopia. ... Lake Hayq or Lake Haik is a freshwater lake of Ethiopia. ...