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| | | Ethiopia timeline |
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| c. 3.2 million years ago |
| | A female of the species Australopithecus Afarensis (nicknamed Lucy when her skeleton is found), lives in the Afar Depression in Ethiopia within 50 miles of where her predecessor Ardi was unearthed | |
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| c. 500 BC |
| | The rulers of Aksum, the first Ethiopian kingdom, claim descent from Solomon and the Queen of Sheba | |
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| c. 350 |
| | Frumentius, brought to Ethiopia as a slave, becomes the kingdom's first Christian bishop | |
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| 1329 |
| | A friar, who has failed to find Prester John in the east, publishes a book proving that the fabulous king lives in Ethiopia | |
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| c. 1450 |
| | Coffee, derived from wild plants in Ethiopia, is cultivated in Arabia | |
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| 1530 |
| | Ahmad ibn Ibrahim leads Muslim Somalis in a holy war against Christian Ethiopia, destroying churches and shrines | |
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