•The only indigenous script in Africa in use today
•90% of the Nile comes from Ethiopia
•Home one of the oldest mosque in the world
•Home to one of the first Christian nations in the world
•Ethiopian Christianity has a unique similarity to both Islam and Judaism
•Unique type of Christianity found no where else
•Unique Bible, with more chapters than anywhere else
•Ethiopian Airline is the only African owned major carrier
•Home to Ancient forms of hominids
•Ethiopia is the most populous landlocked nation in the world
•Ethiopia has some of Africa’s highest mountains
•Ethiopia has the world’s lowest points below sea level.
•The largest cave in Africa is located in Ethiopia at Sof Omar.
•Ethiopia has one of the largest number of rivers in the world
•Highest density of African owned business in Africa
•Source of Blue Nile which allowed Egypt to flourish
•The only sovereign nation in Africa to defeat colonialist designs
•Source of the Semitic languages : Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic, Gurage, etc
•Home to one of Africa’s greatest kingdoms : Axsum
•700 Year of genealogy contained in the Kebra Negast
•Home to the most diverse African ethnic groups; Mursi, Hamer, Surman, etc.
•Known for some of the most beautiful women in the worldread more
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