Tributary network · approximate900 CE – 1270 · 370 years

Zagwe Dynasty

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

Overview

The Zagwe dynasty was a medieval Agaw monarchy that ruled the northern parts of Ethiopia and Eritrea. It ruled large parts of the territory from approximately 1137 to 1270 AD, when the last Zagwe King Za-Ilmaknun was killed in battle by the forces of the Amhara King Yekuno Amlak. The Zagwe are most famous for their king Gebre Meskel Lalibela, who is credited with having ordered the construction of the rock-hewn monolithic churches of Lalibela.

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Borders & accuracy

Tributary network

A paramount-chiefdom-style polity with tributary peripheries; exact extent is contested.

SOURCEhand-crafted from scholarly atlases
DETAILhand-traced-from:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zagwe_dynasty
SNAPSHOT1200
POLITY TYPEtributary

Zagwe ~1137-1270, capital Roha/Lalibela: Ethiopian highlands of Lasta, Wag, Amhara, Tigray.

Wars of this empire1

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

Zagwe–Solomonic transition wars1270–85
Major conflict

Open in the atlas →Seeks the timeline to 900 CE and fits the map to these borders.

Cite as: Zagwe Dynasty (900 CE – 1270). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/e/africa-zagwe-dynasty · Sources & methodology