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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 80. Chapters: Amda Iyasus, Amda Seyon I, Amda Seyon II, Andreyas, Baeda Maryam I, Baeda Maryam II, Baeda Maryam III, Bakaffa, Dawit I, Dawit II, Dawit III, Demetros, Egwale Anbesa, Egwale Seyon, Emperor of Ethiopia, Eskender, Fasilides, Gebre Krestos, Gelawdewos, Germa Seyum, Gigar, Haile Selassie I, Harbai, Hezqeyas, Iyasu I, Iyasu II, Iyasu III, Iyasu IV, Iyasu V, Iyoas I, Iyoas II, Jan Seyum, Kedus Harbe, Mairari, Mara Takla Haymanot, Menas of Ethiopia, Menelik I, Na'akueto La'ab, Na'od, Newaya Krestos, Newaya Maryam, Sahle Dengel, Salomon II, Salomon III, Sarsa Dengel, Sarwe Iyasus, Solomonic dynasty, Sons of Yagbe'u Seyon of Ethiopia, Susenyos I, Susenyos II, Takla Maryam, Tatadim, Tekle Giyorgis I, Tekle Giyorgis II, Tekle Haymanot I, Tekle Haymanot II, Tewodros I, Tewodros II, Tewoflos, Wedem Arad, Yaqob, Yekuno Amlak, Yemrehana Krestos, Yeshaq I, Yetbarak, Yohannes I, Yohannes II, Yohannes III, Yohannes IV, Yonas, Yostos, Zagwe dynasty, Zara Yaqob, Za Dengel, Zewditu I. Excerpt: Haile Selassie I (Ge'ez: qadamawi hayla s llase; Amharic: .)), born Tafari Makonnen Woldemikael, was Ethiopia's regent from 1916 to 1930 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He was the heir to a dynasty that traced its origins by tradition from King Solomon and Queen Makeda, Empress of Axum, known in the Abrahamic tradition as the Queen of Sheba. Haile Selassie is a defining figure in both Ethiopian and African history. At the League of Nations in 1936, the Emperor condemned the use of chemical weapons by Italy against his people during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. His internationalist views led to Ethiopia becoming a charter member of the United Nations, and his political thought and experience in promoting multilateralism and collective security have proved seminal and enduring. His suppression of rebellions among the nobles (mekwannint), as well as what some perceived to be Ethiopia's failure to modernize adequately, earned him criticism among some contemporaries and historians. Among the Rastafari movement, whose followers are estimated at between 200,000 and 800,000, Haile Selassie is revered as the returned messiah of the Bible, God incarnate. Beginning in Jamaica in the 1930s, the Rastafari movement perceives Haile Selassie as a messianic figure who will lead a future golden age of eternal peace, righteousness, and prosperity. Haile Selassie was an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian throughout his life. Lij Tafari Makonnen at age 3Haile Selassie was known as a child as Lij Tafari Makonnen (Amharic; lij tefer mek nnin). Lij translates to "child," and serves to indicate that a youth is of noble blood. His given name, Tafari means "one who is respected or feared." Like most Ethiopians, his personal name Tafari is followed by that of his father Makonnen and rarely that of his grandfather Woldemikael. His Ge'ez name, Haile Selassie was given to him at his infant baptism and adopted again as part of his regnal name in 1930. As Governor of Harer, he became kno
