africa is a continent full of legends men and women who have greatly impacted the course of
history kings and queens scientists historians and many more who have placed africa as a cradle of
humanity welcome to the legends of africa series where we take a look into the rich and complex
world of our past through the lives of great men and women who we consider today our legends before
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be looking at the royal queen of makida better yet known as the queen of sheba and who holds
the title of mother of ethiopian nations we first get introduced to her in the bible and the quran
as a glamorous and mysterious figure the queen of sheba traveled to jerusalem to visit king solomon
she had heard of his immeasurable wisdom and vast kingdom that she traveled to see for herself and
test his knowledge it is also mentioned that she went with gold and spices spices so rich and rare
that never again came such an abundance of spices to king solomon's kingdom ethopians also have
their version of the queen of sheba's life history when king solomon was constructing his temple
he sought out merchants from all over the world to buy materials for the building
one of the merchants was a man named tamarin from ethiopia when tamrin returned to ethiopia he told
the queen of the great wisdom and kindness of king solomon as she decided to see it for herself
once she arrived she was treated very well receiving gifts every day and having insightful
conversations that she decided to convert to judaism since it was also known that king solomon
was a wisest man she tested his knowledge with questions and riddles to which he answered all to
her satisfaction king solomon took her liking to her and threw a banquet for her on the last night
later on she spent the night with him solomon also gave her promise ring on the day of her return
as she traveled back home when she traveled back home she gave birth to a son named bin al-hakim
which translates to the son of a wise man later named menelik why do i mention the promise ring
well that piece of information will come in handy soon years go by and menelik grows up in ethiopia
but one day at the age of 22 he decides to return to visit his father remember
the promissory king solomon gave his mother he kept it and carried it for proof of relation
menelik and his father had a great bond and were very fond of each other so much so that king david
wanted to make him air over his kingdom but to which menelik declined as he had to return home
king solomon gathered his nobles and ordered their first borns to travel back to ethopia with menelik
menelik was also anointed as king by the high priest and he took the name
david now it is unclear on how the ark of the covenant got to return with him to ethiopia
many ethiopians still believe today that the ark of the covenant resides within the chapel
of the tablet next to the church of maryam sion in aksum ethupia though not much is told about
her life before the encounter with king solomon we know that she was a great queen who possessed
great riches ethopian records are said that the queen of sheba ruled the axumite empire
situated in northern ethiopia it is recorded that she gifted king solomon with 112 golden talents
which is equivalent to 3 million dollars in present day time also as mentioned earlier on
one of her gifts was rare spices which suggests her kingdom was involved in the spice tree
she commanded a great army and was believed to be one of the greatest queens to rule ethiopia
and through her and her son menelik brought the ark of the covenant to ethiopia
the queen of sheba is also mentioned in the new testament by another title the queen of the south
in the new testament jesus alludes to her reaffirming her historical personage
ethiopians see their country as god's chosen nation the final resting home that god chose
for the ark of the covenant and sheba and her son menelik were the means by which it
came there thus shiva is considered as a mother of the ethiopian nation
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