SHOA  , the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern of the three See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal provinces of the Abyssinian See also:

• EMPIRE

empire . Shoa from about the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the loth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century till nearly the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the 13th century was the See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the Abyssinian sovereigns, who had been driven out of Mum, their former See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital . About 1528 Shoa was conquered by See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan invaders and was for over a century afterwards a See also:

• PREY (0. Fr. preie, mod. proie, Lat. praeda, booty, from prae and the root hed—seen in prehendere, prendere, to grasp)

prey to Galla raiders . In 1682 it was reconquered by an Abyssinian See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief, but remained See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent of See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• ABYSSINIA (officially ETHIOPIA)

Abyssinia until 1855 when the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• THEODORE
• THEODORE (602-690)
• THEODORE (Fedor) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1741–1796)
• THEODORE (Rus. Fedor, or Feodor)

Theodore reduced it to sub-See also:

• MISSION

mission . In 1889 Menelek II., See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of Shoa, on the See also:

• DEATH

death of the emperor See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John, made himself See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the whole of Abyssinia . The capital, Adis Ababa (q.v.), is the seat of See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government for the whole empire (see ABYSSINIA) .