Enlightenment · Africa · Culture

1700

Ethiopia's Gondarine Peak

1700

By the final year of the century, the Ethiopian emperor Iyasu I had rebuilt Gondar as the great stone capital of a Christian highland kingdom, with painted churches, royal libraries, and a cosmopolitan court welcoming Indian ambassadors and European craftsmen. Africa's oldest Christian monarchy was flourishing in its mountain fastness.

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Before and after in Africa

Before: 1698: Oman Expels the Portuguese from East Africa
After: April 1717: Ashanti Conquer Denkyira

Before and after in Culture

Before: 1697: Perrault Publishes Tales of Mother Goose
After: October 16, 1701: Yale College Founded

Era

Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.