Solomonic Ethiopia under Amda Seyon

1325

The Ethiopian negusa nagast pushed his Christian highland kingdom outward, campaigning against Muslim Ifat sultanate in the Red Sea lowlands with an army of battle-hardened mountaineers. His wars were chronicled by court scribes in Ge'ez verse, preserving one of Africa's oldest documented royal chronicles and a vivid portrait of medieval Ethiopian warfare. Solomonic Ethiopia entered its expansionist phase.