Kingdom of Damot
Medieval kingdom in southern Ethiopia from 900 to 1317 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Dʿmt.
The Kingdom of Damot (Amharic: ዳሞት) was a medieval kingdom in what is now western Ethiopia.[1] The territory was positioned below the Blue Nile.[2] It was a powerful state that forced the Sultanate of Showa (also called Shewa) to pay tributes. It also annihilated the armies of the Zagwe dynasty that were sent to subdue its territory. Damot conquered several Muslim and Christian territories.[3] The Muslim state Showa and the new Christian state under Yekuno Amlak formed an alliance to counter the influence of Damot in the region.[4]
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Kingdom of Damot | |||||||||
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960–1316 | |||||||||
Capital | Maldarede 9.39°N 37.56°E / 9.39; 37.56 | ||||||||
Common languages | Gonga, and other Omotic languages | ||||||||
Religion | Paganism, Christianity | ||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
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History | |||||||||
• Established | 960 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1316 | ||||||||
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