The International Prester John Project: How A Global Legend Was Created Across Six CenturiesMain MenuOrientation to ProjectPath One: 1122-1235Path Two: 1236-1310 ADPath Three : 1311-1460 ADPath Four : 1461-1520 ADPath Five: 1521-1699 ADPath Six: 1700-1800 ADChristopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6f Global Middle Ages
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12023-11-23T10:18:28-08:00Solomonic Line3plain2023-11-23T10:22:17-08:00One major selling point for Ethiopia's Christian legitimacy was the way the country tied itself to the genealogy of the biblical King Solomon, successor of King David. Yekuno Amlak (r. 1270-1285), who oeverthrew the Zagwe dynasty in 1270 is credited with aligning Ethiopian history and Biblical History. This rhetorical shift was then bolstered by a 14th-century national epic called the Kebra Negast that fleshed out the genealogical details. It argued that Menelik I—founder of the Kingdom of Aksum, recognized first Ethiopian king, and an ancestor of Yekuno Amlak—was in fact the son of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.
