Kings of Solomon: Not Prester John - Ethiopian Empire - Part 1 - Extra History
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The Ethiopian Christians lived in an ancient Christian Kingdom. One with a church as old as Rome, that held exotic beasts and great treasures like the Ark of the Covenant. A land ruled by a man, a myth, the legendary Priest-King Prester John! ... or so we thought.
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You are doing a great job. It's good to tell the history of others cultures, often forgotten ones.
@Steven Universe Thank you! It's been fixed!
@@gursimarsingh5505 Thank you!
Thank you for covering a topic not covered much in history
Thanks for another great vid and the Discworld reference was greatly enjoyed. I wonder if you guys will every do a video or series about the Discworld or Sir Terry himself. GNU
"This is not usurpation, this is a Restoration" - Every coup leader, ever.
And a descendant of King Solomon like many monarchs claim.
Meiji anyone?
restore the republic! (aka start a dictatorship)
restore the rightful King/emperor (aka putting a puppet on the throne)
Me in Myanmar: AMEN
@@JAY-gl5xd yeah claiming to be of the House of David would require some really good proof
Ethiopian Emperor: “I’m not Prester John.”
Christians: “He’s Prester John.”
“He’s not Prester John, he’s a very naughty boy!!!”
I would point out that the Ethiopian ruler would have been a Christian. The legend of Prester John, as stated in the video itself, is Western construct. To imply that all Christendom insisted that he was Prester John inspite of facts to the contrary is, I'm sorry to say, inaccurate and offensive
@@rahwatesfaye6576
And (that) Ethiopian royal family insistence that they're descendents of Solomon when compared of the facts that demonstrated otherwise is, I'm sorry to say, quite offensive to Christians/Jews.
Two things:
1- All Christendom AT THE TIME viewed Ethiopia as Prester John's Kingdom. No real way to prove otherwise, and specially to prove it to all people of Christendom and not only the bishops.
2- How is being descendent of a holy saint meant to be offensive? Even the Ethiopian Royal Family claimed their lineage from Solomon, a wise king anointed by God. How is one offensive and not the other?
@@diogosousa868 What Rahwa means is that the statement "all Christendom thought the ruler of Ethiopia was Prester John" implicitly excludes Ethiopia itself from the definition of Christendom, and that is what's offensive for Ethiopians.
Ethiopian emperor:"I'm not Prestor John".
Christians:" Thats what Preston John would say".
I love that you Mentioned Prester John that’s not a story that many people know about
Hilariously, Marvel had Prestor John except he is a demigod and friends with Thor.
Except the entire Europa Universalis 4 community
@@nunosilva187 EU3 in my case.
CK2 here haha
It’s not a story the Jedi would tell you, that's for sure.
As a Somali this makes me excited, because I believe that we somalis will be mentioned the first time in Extra History, since we have a rich history with Ethiopians. I also would wish if you guys made a video about the dervish uprising in Somalia, wich is considered to be the first African uprising, wich planes were used on to put down.
Question about your country, is pasta with banana really popular over there or is it something Somali migrants to the west created?
you have a facinating culture, I come from Minnesota, we have a large community of Somali immigrants here and talking to them is always fun.
@@Kronos_LordofTitans we eat bananas with a lot of things. Along with lime/lemon, its a common addition to savoury meals like pasta and rice.
@@ish8891 ah, only had the pasta thus far, it's great
@@Kronos_LordofTitans Italy colonized central and south somalia. They brought their farming techniques that allow somalis to grow bananas in the fertile south. This was a big hit that Somalis eat bananas with rice and pasta. Somalis eat it different than Italians and include red meat derived from their nomadic history and spices from their cultural exchange with their indian partners.
My professor on the History of Africa made so many trips to the rock-hewn church at Lalibela that the Ethiopian priest who runs it knew her on a personal basis and jokingly called her "My pilgrim!"
Is it Abune Matthias?
@@Zeyede_Seyum pardon me, I misspoke. It wasn't the bishop, it was the head priest at the Church of St. George
Fun fact: According to Islamic tradition, in the 610s and 620s, when Muslims were being persecuted in Mecca, a group of Muslims fled to Aksum, where the king at the time, Najashi/Armah, was convinced by their religion being close to Christianity, allowing them to seek refuge and refusing to turn them over to the Meccans.
I am Ethiopian and would like to say that this is very true. While I do not think that the story goes that he convinced the leader that it was close to Christianity rather that the ruler had let all Religions thrive in the region. Mohammed in his life time even said to his followers to go to Abyssinia(Ethiopia) and he was quoted to say “find a king there who does not wrong anyone.” This is the main reason why there is a decent chunk of Muslims in Ethiopia. About 30%
@@66sec65 the Muslims in Ethiopia are mostly southern people
Absolutely! I heard that part of the reason why the early Caliphates didn't conquer Ethiopia directly is out of gratitude for this refuge.
And this shows that Christianity is the religion of tolerance. Even if to a fault.
Islam actually also would be partially to blame for the end of the Aksumite empire since they closed the trading network for the non-muslim Aksumite, forcing them to quit their millennia-long career on the sea and start to go inland.
Can’t wait to see Menelik II. His magnificent victory over the Italians at the Battle of Adwa, crushing the Kingdom of Italy and making the Italians look like fools to the rest of Europe, ensured that Ethiopia was never colonized. And Ras Tafari, better known as Haile Selassie, deserves a series of his own.
haile sellasie
I mean, Ethiopia /was/ colonized.
@@ericdillingham6858 for like a few years and then liberated in 1941, with major insurgencies taking place even during the occupation.
@@DukeofDjibouti Fair enough.
@@ericdillingham6858 I don’t consider it a colonization, more an occupation really. After all, would you say that Germany *colonized* France then during WW2?
Looking forward to this series! Another area I didn't learn much about in my schooling days :)
So are we! It certainly doesn't get enough coverage!
The American education system has a vested interest in glossing over African history. Especially the parts that resisted Colonization.
@@Gala-yp8nx I was educated in Europe and this was not covered. Glad I'm learning about it now. :)
In the part where you say Rome made Christianity the state religion decades later than Ethiopia or Armenia, you mention the year was 3080. I think EC meant to say 380 AD as the year of the change of the state religion, but I am not sure. Just wanted to let EC know of the misunderstanding.
Thanks, and I hope you keep making great videos!
I prefer to think he is predicting that there will be a major revival of Christianity as a state religion in Rome 1058 years in the future.
Most sources agree with it being 380 AD, as that is when the Edict of Thessalonica was issued.
@@magister343 Or they finally managed to score a 3080 after two long years... Which is admittedly a cause for celebration.
in 1000 years the eighth roman empire will make christianity the state religion once more.
they dont make great videos
It is just a text-to-speech error, its actually 30 A.D.
Gotta say, this is the best looking Extra History episodes to date
Nice job, EC
Moral of the story: We must start referring to the King of Norway as Santa Claus.
Wouldn't it be funny if he suddenly started receiving hundreds of letters in the mail sent by kids addressed to Santa? xD
I thought he WAS the king of Norway?!?
Bet.
Be Careful what you Naming Santa = Satan, Claus = Claws.
I feel like these topics are so random and are stuff I didn't ask for, but I am SO glad they do them anyway.
We have an AWESOME Patreon Community that makes suggestions and votes on them! We should be thanking them!
Fun fact ; The Aksumites under Abraha had tried to sack Mecca but failed, in the same year prophet Muhammad was born, he would later start the Islamic expansion resulting with the Muslim conquest of Khosrow's Sassanid empire
Then again the prophets companions were given asylum in Axum under the Negus when they were being oppressed in the early years of the prophets message.
Yes! Diving into Ethiopian History! This is great, thanks for teaching about my homeland! And thank you for also mentioning the Tigray War. Being a Tigrayan myself, not many people know about the conflict so its nice for it to be exposed so that people can learn and help put a stop to it.
Ethiopia is one of those fascinating ancient places whose older history I know very little about. Thank you for the series! I'm excited for it!
Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you, friends. ✝️ :)
I love how in a roundabout way you keep Extra History games related by continuing to work your way through the various civilizations and leaders of Civilization 6.
I think that's the Patrons' doing
Oh hell yeah, I've been hoping for a series on Ethiopia since the Mali series! Looking forward to seeing more on the civilizations of Africa!
oh my god ethiopian history is SO underrated :) im so excited for this series ❤️
Kinda hoping some Somali sultanates appear in the periphery of this series. I’d love a series on them of course but even a series on our fellow horn of Africans is enough to keep me happy!
that would be awesome a video on Gragn!
@@stevves4647 and Emperor Amda seyon the Great
@@stevves4647 his name is ahmed gurey aka ahmed the left handed Cuz he wieded his sword on left hand
Was not expecting the Ethiopian part at the start, I'm glad you entered that there, I do wish the best for those living in Ethiopia including my friend who's living in the capital.
A bit worried about him since the last time we spoke was about a month ago. I hope he's okay.
If he's ethnic tigrayan he could've gotten arrested by the government during the hunt of tigrayans in all regions of the country, many of them were subjected to inhumane treatment by the police afterwards but returned home, while others never made it back.
Finally history of my country described by a great history channel
LOVE THIS! Ahhhh More African civilisations PLEASE been looking forward to this since the mali series
I absolutely love how you guys portrayed the hair of the Ethiopians in this episode it looks so good.
It's rather ignorant since Abyssinians usually had long hair or Afros.
I just wanna say, I've been following you guys for the last couple years. You're one of the few history channels, that doesn't just focus on western history and on important male figures. I love the breadth of learning about different historical figures across the world. Thanks for giving such a rich viewing experience.
How... How do you know that our king is secretly Santa Claus? O__O
@@extrahistory *gasp* Walpole
Ethiopia is literally an ancient mythical kingdom. WOW.
The Tigray War has had almost no coverage in the western media. There was a bit of coverage when it began but recently it's been almost totally ignored.
Although I assume the series will end at or before the overthrow of the Solomonic Dynasty in 1974, I hope you take some time to discuss how the history of the often-strained relationship between the diverse peoples of Ethiopia - most pertinently to the war today, the Tigray, Amhara, and Oromo peoples - has contributed to the war happening now.
Hopefully they do, it’s one of the most interesting parts of Ethiopia
Yeah, it's a bit strange how few stories I see about it. The Economist used to do a bunch of stories on it before war broke out in Ukraine, but since then I only remember seeing one or two, and I've seen maybe one if any in the New York Times...
@@josephb.1425 unfortunately many Western media ( even when they try to cover it ) are really ignorant about it.
One channel that has covered the war since the beginning in a neutral manner is My Views on News. Unlike this yt channel, Some News sources covering the war are either state backed or rebel backed.
Well, these peoples didn't really exist as a collective groups pre 1950s, so if he wants to be historically accurate, he should not.
Aksum was mentioned in the Islamic holy book "the Qur'an" as (Al-habasha), a distant land in Africa with a Christian king, where some Muslims go for a short period seeking protection from the pagans
In the year 615
I think you mean the hadith (sayings of the prophet Muhammad pbuh)
Not quran, it's hadith
This is such a great topic!! So many in the west no nothing about African history. Ethiopia is so fascinating .
I’m really looking forward to this series on Ethiopia and it’s history!
You forgot to mention that Queen Gudit was the leader of a Jewish rebel state that refuse to convert to Christianity, no matter how many massacres the Emperor threatened or unleashed. To this day, she's still seen as a hero among Ethiopian Jewry.❤
The last part of she is still seen as a hero among Ethiopian Jewry is new to me. As a Orthodox Christian I have always learned from all the Ethiopians around me that she was an evil queen who converted to Judaism after having bad things done to her in a church. That last sentence very much surprised me
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Yeah, I can imagine why genocidal monsters would paint somebody who didn't want to be brutally murdered as an "evil queen."
@@prestonjones1653 I do not think we are genocidal monsters. After all we embraced the Muslims who came when they were being killed. Though if you are a Jew and just feel with her then that is fine. She would have been fine if she hadn’t murdered the entire royal family + destroyed so many glorious churches.
@@prestonjones1653 she murdered the emperor ,laid waste to the empire ,destroyed churches and monuments and even attempted to murder the surviving members of the royal family .was that all part of surviving? her religion too is unclear .she was either a convert to Judaism or a pagan .
Been waiting so long for a series on Ethiopia I’m so exited
Good that you bring attention to the situation in Ethiopia
The "Ethiopian eunuch" was a servant of the "Candace", a kushite title (Candace = Kandake). As such, one can assume he was kushite (meroitic / Nubian), not aksumite ("Ethiopian" in the modern sense).
In the ancient hellenized world, "Ethiopia" was a rather vague and generic term to refer to Africa south of Egypt.
So it could be either.
@@SidheKnight it could be were it not for the fact that the eunuch is listed as serving "Candace". Candace (Kandake) is a Kushite title.
@Hannit No, the Ethiopian Eunuch mentioned in Acts 8 was simply a Nubian from Meroe in modern Sudan, not the present day country of Ethiopia today or what was called Aksum, we know this because he was working for a Kandake which is a Meroitic word meaning "Queens Mother's", the Aksumites didn't had any ruling female monarchs in 34 AD which was the year the Ethiopian Eunuch was baptized.
Who's Candace?
@@vrabb9030 She was a queen from Kush who is often connected to early Christianity. In the New Testament there is a mention of her in connection with one of her servants who is said to have converted to Christianity.
Omg love all your short stories! My new obsession 💚💛❤️ Thanks! Keep them coming!
this is a topic I've been super interested in for a while, glad to see a channel I really like covering it!
Being a Norwegian, King Harald strikes me as someone who could quite possibly have answered such a letter and then ended it with "Best wishes, Santa". After all, this is the monarch who joked that the Troll research station was named after his wife, etc
Troll research station? Please tell more!
You guys make great content!
I hope you guys also talk about The first and second Italo-Ethiopian War because it also has a great importance in the history of the Ethiopian empire.
heck yeah more underrated empires!!
This is awesome my grandmother and mother where born in Eritria. Im going to share this with them.
As an Ethiopian and a member of the cadet branch of Bete Solomon, thank you!
My hat off to you for raising awareness of the struggles going on in the country. Hopefully things there can get better soon 😟
Not until Egypt gets its Nile water
@@موسى_7 that's a dream
I love the history of eastern Christianity and how it develop its own culture and history in areas such as Ethiopia and areas were the king pester John (church of the east).
Many of thr characteristics which marks Ethiopian Christianity were common to all Christians of the Near East before a majority of them found themselves reduced to a minority role in the midst of countries which had become predominantly Muslim. The highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea are living witnesses of practices wich were once widespread in the Near East.
hey extra history! just to let you know this video was the best I've seen so far! can you make a series on the adal empire, a Somali empire I would appreciate if you did!
This is the first time I noticed you're from the distant future. So Rome will come back in the future and convert in 1,058 years? 😂
I know it was either a typo or a misread of the script (380 AD Edict of Thessalonica), but the idea of time traveling future Romans was too funny not to highlight.
The same error appears in the subtitles fwiw-I had to check to make sure I wasn't misinterpreting.
Oh man I always love it when they start a series on a subject I know next to nothing about. So excited
If the king of Ethiopia is supposed to be "the heir of Solomon" through the queen of Sheba, note that the Bible proper says that Solomon's interactions with the queen were strictly a business trade deal and nothing more.
That is in the other bibles. Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity is in itself have small differences compared to other sects of Christianity. In our history and bible it states that what happened was a little more then a “business deal” and King Solomon impressed by her wits and knowledge decided to have a nice time with her. When Queen Sheba returned to Ethiopia she found she was pregnant with King Solomon’s baby. This baby would be Menelik 1 and was the first ever emperor of Ethiopia
@@66sec65 That sounds more like a perversion of Scripture written to support their monarchy.
@@VicGeorge2K6 Isn’t it all between the sects of Christianity? Plus it makes sense, considering Queen Sheba was found pregnant as soon as she stepped foot in Ethiopia. Plus she gave birth to the first ever king Menelik 1st and there was no other person who could have done stuff to Queen Sheba
I rather enjoyed Blue's summary of Ethiopian history. I look forward to your take.
The annoyed Ethiopian emperors glaring at the letters calling them Prester John was one of my favorite parts of this vid.
Also, I will forever be thankful to the Belisarius series by David Drake and Eric Flint for being my gateway to looking up the history of Aksum when I was a kid.
One of the most underrated and most epic empire the world has ever seen.
I hope they make a episode about the first Italo Ethiopian war
Meh
This looks like this will be a great series!
There's just something about the horses drawn in this art style that just makes me happy.
Please promise me you're gonna do one on the Asante Empire next 🙏🏽
I feel like a lot of current wars aren't talked about enough
You're right, but in Tigray's case another reason (besides the UN & others ignoring it, and not shedding a light on it like they should) why the war & humanitarian catastrophe isn't talked about enough is bc the Ethiopian government has besieged the region, cut of communication & electricity so journalists don't really have access to the region, the government is doing what the government during the derg regime did, trying to hide the state of the country.
It really is the most european thing to missname someone or something and flat out refuse to admit they're wrong.
- I am a descendant of King Solomon
- Of course. and I am Batman. Let's make a cinematic universe together.
i had the chance to spend some time in ethiopia hefore the civil war. saw the rock hewn churches of lalibela, which you mentioned in the video. its an incredible place. i hope peace comes soon.
I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!
WE LOVE YOU TOO!
This is awesome Already my favorite series. Can’t wait for the next one!
The europeans believed that a "King from the East" would help them during the Crusades.
We got the Mongols and their descendants, the destroyers of the Abassid Caliphate, and also the responsibles to end the Hashashin Order, once and for all.
Coincidence?
Imagine in the Mongols converted to Christianity instead of Islam… how different would the world look, especially Central Asia.
@@Fordo007 I believe some of those Mongols were actually Christian, but Nestorian Christian which seemed to be quite popular in the Asia around that time.
Very nice episode, Extra History 😊
Can’t wait to see part 2!
Can't wait until you discuss the Ethiopian Italian Wars.
Ethiopia was once so great. Sad that ethnic politics left it in shambles.
Back then, Ethiopia was united that's why it was powerful and feared
Very excited for this series! Interested to see if the community of Ethiopian Jews is mentioned in this series, particularly given the struggles they faced in their country and now in Israel.
"Please stop calling me Prestor John..."
"Hahah Whatever you say, Prestor John."
I’m so excited for this series!!!
this is the earliest ive ever been to a video
Congrats on making it here so early!
I’ve been waiting for this. Recently learned all the things the video covered on some researching. It’s great to have it all spelled out easily like this. Great video, can’t wait for part two.
I wish for a series like this about Kievan Rus
An interesting civilization to cover could be the Mississippian/ Cahokia civilization that were know for their earth mound building!
1:08 That is what they "SAY", but because ONLY 1 person is even allow to see it all other under the Penalty of Death. NO ONE has confirmed that the Ark is even there.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HERE WE GOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
Small problem at the start, you used the celtic cross to represent the orthodox
Great episode!
Any chance you could do a video on the sad fate of the Korean Empire or the situation of the Siam/Thailand during ww2?
Historical Fact: Ethiopia became a place of refuge for early Muslims from Mecca who were being persecuted by the powerful merchant elite of the city. A small band of them, including the most vulnerable, were sent to Ethiopia by Prophet Mohammad in the hope that they would find protection under the Christian king. Sure enough, the king welcomed them and refused to send them back to Arabia when a delegation from Mecca came to bargain for their capture and return. Convenient how people who LOVE to talk about religious clashes overlook such stories.
Which is why we have a decent sized Muslim population. About 30%
@@66sec65 the Muslim population in Ethiopia only lives in the south. And the few Muslims in the upper Ethiopian highlands are a result of oromos-Yejju migration and also the Adal war.
@@theassassin9326 Most Muslims live in the Somali region with about 64% of Muslims living there and 98% of Ethiopians in the Somali region being Muslim. Also in the Afar region about 95% of people in Afar being Muslim though Afar has a lower population so it has around 5-6% of Muslims. The rest are either in Oromo region or spread across the country.
@@66sec65 that is my point. But it's have nothing to to with what happened with King Armha
Thanks so much for all the hard work you guys do to educate/entertain us unwashed masses!
Cool stuff. Would love to see you cover Queen Amina of Nigeria one day too
Don't forget that Abyssinia protected the early, persecuted Muslims of Arabia. To this day, Muslims have such love and respect for Abyssinia and its people for what they've done.
Ethiopia. The only country where some emperors claim decent from Solomon and some call themselves the exterminator of the Jews.
No Emperor of Ethiopia calls themselves"exterminator of the Jews" stop making stuff up what an idiot lol
Yes. During military campaigns against the Beta Israel ( the Ethiopian Jews) Emperor zara Yaqob indeed call himself the "jew Exterminator" because back then the Ethiopian-Christians saw the Jews as the people who killed Jesus. And they hated them for it.
@@theassassin9326 false
May there be peace there soon
Have you guys ever thought about releasing your video series closer together? I find myself waiting to watch because carrying a story for a month while remembering all the details is tough
"Non-Christian Warrior Queen" Wasn't Gudit Jewish, or at least Hebraic-influenced pagan? The Beta Israeli had a golden age only a few centuries before the timespan this video covers. Might be an interesting side-episode.
She was called "Gudit" or even "Yodit" ("the Jew"). The thing is this: The word "ayhud" (Jews in Ge'ez) was often used for "non-christians"/"Pagans" in Ethiopian texts. Just like the word "Aramawi" (Aramaean) in most Ethiopian texts just means "pagan". From a historical perspective, we don't know whether the Queen
actually was Jewish or not.
I swear Ethiopia is a the true Chad
This is fascinating so far.
Thank you for the video.
Thank you extra history
5:47 Me!!!
grew up in the church but I never heard of this before LET THE LEARNING BEGIN!!!
5:34 in 3080? :D
Boy we gone have a new Roman Empire?! :D
Will that be the seventh or eighth now? I'm starting to lose track.
0:17 did you just slide the mercator projection through a circle to make it look like a globe?
One thing about the intro: the unity between the catholic and orthodox church did occur, as Constantinople desperately needed support against the ottoman siege. However, the population inside Byzantium wasn't happy about it, and even boycotted Hagia Sophia following that unity. The Italians (mainly Genoa then Venice) were in control of the city's wealth and the population started preferring the Ottomans over them to put an end to the constant sieges happening to the city in its last century.
Rome made the switch to Christianity in 3080?
30 A.D.
Why do you use C.E and B.C.E
I know it’s the secular version, but using AD and B.C doesn’t make you a christian. I don’t know it just doesn’t sound right
"Why do you use C.E and B.C.E" - because that is standard use in discussing the past.
"but using AD and B.C doesn’t make you a christian" - using AD and BC are holdovers from an European Christian hegemony. While CE and BCE are only slightly better, at least academics acknowledge that early Christian myths should not be forced upon other cultures.
Nice. Thank you,
I am fascinated by sub-saharan african cultures. But in my country in central europe its difficult to get good material. Could anyone recommened books or sources on Ethiopia? Preferrably ones focussing on every day life, economy and administration?
That grumpy lion at the start made me laugh so hard.
Ah, yes. The ark of the covenant. We assure you it's there. Very safe. Be assured.