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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ethiopia (5588 words) |
 | Ethiopia is used to designate the lands inhabited by the sons of Cush, and is therefore applied to all the scattered regions inhabited by that family. |
| Ethiopia's real occupation by Egypt did not begin until the Twelfth Dynasty, when the Pharaohs, being once more in peaceful possession of the Nile Valley, began an era of conquest, and the country of the cataracts became their earliest prey. |
| Ethiopia, but in spite of the numbers and prowess of his troops he was obliged to retreat. |
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Ethiopia (2104 words) |
| Ethiopia is 1,127,127 km² in size, and is the major portion of the Horn of Africa, which is the eastern-most part of the African landmass. |
| Islam in Ethiopia dates back almost to the founding of the religion; in 616, a band of Muslims was counseled by the Prophet Muhammad to escape persecution in Mecca and travel to Abyssinia, which was ruled by, in the Prophet's estimation, a pious Christian king. |
| Bilal, one of the foremost companions of the Prophet Muhammad, was from present-day Ethiopia. |
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