FACTOID #151: The five countries with the highest coffee consumption are also the five countries whose citizens trust one another the most. Coincidence? Probably.
Amba Mariam is a village in the Amhara region of central Ethiopia. It was previously known as Magdala. In the mid-nineteenth century, it was an administrative center of the empire of Tewodros II while he conquered the neighboring Oromo territory. He made Magdala his capital in 1867 and imprisoned several Britishdiplomats there. A British military expedition led by Sir Robert Napier rescued the diplomats, sacked Magdala and led to the Tewodros II's suicide. Amhara may refer to: Amhara, an ethnic group of Ethiopia Amhara, an administrative region of Ethiopia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Tewodros II (also known as Theodore II) (born Kassa Hailu) (1818-1868) was an emperor of Ethiopia. ... The Oromo are an African ethnic group (pejoratively termed Galla) found in Ethiopia and to a lesser extent Kenya. ... 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ... Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810-1890), was a British soldier. ...
Magdala (Aramaic מגדלא Magdala or Hebrew מגדל Migdal, meaning "tower") was, according to the Bible, a small village in Galilee, which may have been the birthplace or the primary residence of Mary Magdalene, in the Christian New Testament.
Magdala Gadar - One Magdala was in the east, on the Yarmuk near Gadara (in the Middle Ages "Jadar", now Mukes), thus acquiring the name Magdala Gadar.
Magadala Nunayya - There was another, better-known Magdala near Tiberias, Magdala Nunayya, ("Magdala of the fishes"), which would locate it on the shore of the lake.
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