A history of Ethiopia yesterday-today and tomorrow

1. IOP IA Pazion T. Cherinet 2006

2. ETHIOPIA ---- pronounced “ Ityop'iya” Population (2005 est.): 73,053,286 (growth rate: 2.4%); Size - 435,184 sq mi (1,127,127 sq km) slightly less than twice the size of Texas Capital Addis Ababa : 2,716,200 Languages: Amharic ( official), Tigrigna, Orominga, Guaragigna, Somali, Arabic, English, French and Italian ( also over 80 other spoken languages with 200 dialects). Ethnicity/Race: Oromo 40%, Amhara and Tigrean 32%, Sidamo 9%, Shankella 6%, Somali 6%, Afar 4%, Gurage 2%, other 1% Religion: Islam 45%–50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%–40%, animist 12%, other 3%–8% Geography: Ethiopia is in east-central Africa, bordered on the west by the Sudan, the east by Somalia and Djibouti, the south by Kenya, and the northeast by Eritrea. - Highest Ras Dashan at 15,158 ft (4,620 m).

4. > With the rise of Islam in the 7th cent. Aksum declined, > Coptic Christianity was brought to the region in A.D. 341, and a variant of it became Ethiopia's state religion. Ancient Ethiopia reached its peak in the 5th century, then was isolated by the rise of Islam and weakened by feudal wars.

5. TIME CHART AKSUMAITE KINGDOM ZAGWE KINGDOM SOLOMONIC LINE HAILE SELLASIE I Tewodros II Yohannis IV Menelik II Zawditu 1200 A.D - 1200 MARXIST REGIME 750 INTERNATIONAL ISOLATION MENGISTU EPDRF PRESENT MODERN PERIOD

10. Ethiopian Airlines is an all-Boeing aircraft operator except for some turbo-prop airplanes that are not produced by Boeing. Boeing and Ethiopian relationship is way back since the early 60’s when Ethiopian Airlines purchased its first 707 in 1961. Since then, Ethiopian has bought and operated all of the Boeing jets except the 747 and 777. The airline was established in 1946 with the help of TWA (one of the major US airlines) under management contract. The airline has been fully managed by Ethiopians since early 70’s. Currently, it operates about 30 airplanes, and flies to some 45 international and 30 domestic destinations. The technical division of the airline is fully self-sufficient in that it develops in-house maintenance for all of its airplanes; and provides training to its pilots, technicians and cabin staff. In addition, it provides aircraft maintenance services to most of the African operators. BOEING AND ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES

11. At the beginning of the year Ethiopian airlines singed an agreement to purchase the 10 Boeing 787 airplanes. And became a launching customer. ETHIOPIAN_AIRLINE OTHER HIGHLIGHTS MERKATO : the biggest open market in Africa COFFEE : Ethiopia’s gold – Google search Marathon : Ethiopian runners hold a world record in Marathon, 10,000 and 5,000 AU : Ethiopia is the founder and the home of African Union (used to be called OAU) PARKS: Wild life and biggest parks reside outside of the major cites

15. GEOGRAPHY of ETHIOPIA IN AFRICA

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