What is in a Name? Ethiopia vs. Abyssinia

Totalitarian practices in Eastern Africa rely heavily on falsification of History, promotion of Colonial Schemes, and educational – cultural – historical confusion and ignorance. In the case of Abyssinia, the totalitarian state dogma hinges on a shameful act of Usurpation of the name ‘Ethiopia’ that was attributed to Kush and Meroe, the black-faced people of the Ancient Sudan, who are the ancestors of Modern Oromos. All is in a Name!
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Mezgeb Wondimu so . I am not siding anyone on thos issue. I am siding the true nature of ethiopian history. Ethiopian hisory of civililzation started from Punt, Damat, and great higher level during the axumite emlpire which was a slave owners socio-economic formation and was advanced development as far as using money coin, cottege industry, and making outside relations in asia and far east. Later mixed with the tribes of the south yemen and south europeans together with its own different ethnic people of the south, easr, west of present Ethiopia. However in the 16th century slaves were sold by feudal lords of varios ethnic tribes ie amhara, gala, guraghe, tegray, sidama, aba giffar, etc to the present so called Middle EAst countriea ( just as now our young girls are migrating for modern slavery which second time savery ), It was during that time especially the ottoman turks people ( it was in power that time ) called us Habesh meaning mixed people as we were sold by all feudal lord as means of income commodity (not by the ruling amhara or tigray rulers as government export commodity ).Hence, actually the word Habes was also used to mean the Abysinian slave. Just like Fereji means white slave which was very expensive . So countries name Abysinia originated from the Habes ( Ethiopian slave ) as Habesenia which later become Abyssinia. So this doesn't denote only the tirgray and amhara, but also all tribes from all parta of ethiopia b/c all tdribes were sold from all regions and hence Abyssinian means all the present Ethiopian people, For example, Onesmos- the Wellega gala sold and taken as slave and fortunately taken to Europe and came back as a missionary to baptize the wellega Oromo and his nameis famous aroue Gimbi and has missionery training school in this areas and in the present Kambata protestants, too. An other example is called Belal who was resposible to be the guy who wrote the first section of Quran of the Muslem. Belal was educated chriatian who has been take from nothern ethiopia. So the fact that all fo the present ethiopian were sold as slaves and hence the ;name ab yssia touches all all of us and completely doesn't indicate only amhara and tigray people. But the name Ethioppia means (by Greeks ) means Sun burnt face b/c it shows our blackness . This was to indicate black people who live south of south of Europe after crossoing the mediterrnean sea. we are fortunate to have this name b/c it would have been suited to call the present Africa as Ethiopia. My Prof. please try to read history of Dr. Lapiso hisory analysis. Shaun E. Marmon's research studies (on slavery inMamlils Empire ), and very many princeton papers work . By the way I want to note you that the Axumite Empire was ruling as far as Gambella and all over, But the butcher Melese in order to use divide and rule tactic declared that Ethiopian history is only 100 years. This shows ether he doesn't know thse hisotry of ethiopia or purposely denies and lies to tell the truth b/c Melese- the woyane leaser completely doesn't have Ethiopan agenda. I am not personally commenting to you , only for the ideas and suggestions you have forwarded. HAVE A NICE DAY AND CONSTRUCTIVE COMMENT A;ND SUGGESTION. 11/28/2009
Tesfatsion When you touch the veils of long held pride people like those agianst megalommatis shout and shout. It is the by far appreciated historical findings than most of twisted Amhara writers. My view is though the determination as to live together or separate is of Ethiopians I always support Sham.for his rigorous research works. God bless you! 10/27/2009
EBEN-ALEX People who think Ethiopia = Abyssinia sould be considered as mentally disabled citizen (monism make them ignorant) 10/13/2009
wako Any one who want to know the meanig of ethiopia , has to read about prophate moses and his wife sipra

Sipra the douther of King youter (Ethiopian king) . that is the meang youther sipra = ethiopia . then sipra the queen of isreal , youther is the king of ethiopia . if you know moses you know ethiopia . generaly no countries have such greate name . that is why the enimes scrubling the country using ignorant natives to erase it.

Abyssinia is also the histroy of the brave and grate ethiopians achived in the world . this name is the name of brave king Abraha Ashine almaity king . yes Arab countries may streesed and they hate this name . it was the time all arab under ethiopians conquer
do you know the meang of yeman , saud, arab, arab maret ,jida ... all is the history of ethiopians . this name has no meening in arab luanguge, it is clearly the words of ethiopians . ethiopan so please don;t fight your self by following your enimes
ethiopian history more probably oromo Amahara and tigree's . you can't separet it from each other
by the way Do you know king youther was a cushaite that means oromo history
8/24/2009
ENKIDU Any one has a right to wright it's coment. look at P.Ashimainyer's . ignorant of the real history and archological evidants . such people lack of knowldge they can sail their mother like meles zenawi 8/24/2009
tazabiw Thank you Tesfalidet,
Well said. The so called prof. Maglomatis must have been crazy to argue against Ethiopian scholars. He desperately tries to get his idea to bublic, though he might find some audiences of Ethiopian haters. He will fail miserably and suffer a lot together with his eventual followers. Because hate of any kind will have its diminishing power and has no any boundary to start and stop.
7/8/2009
tesfalidett Here goes the egyptian agent and phoney professor again whose mumbo-jumbo writings has no place in the scholarly world and see the light of day only on buzzle, american chronicle, sudan tribune, yemeni times and ethnic forums. I think he gets nightmares about amhara. What a pity? 7/8/2009
tesfalidett Professor Muhammed/Cosmas Shamsaddin Megalommatis and his "final solution" for the Abyssinian
Abebe Haregewoin, MD, Ph. D. June 23, 2008...

Professor Muhammed/Cosmas Shamsaddin Megalommatis and his "final solution" for the Abyssinian
Abebe Haregewoin, MD, Ph. D.
June 23, 2008

...Last but not least it is incumbent to examine the background of this perpetrator of hatred. Who is this Professor of Evil who is passionate about the extermination of a people? What is his qualification? The professor has kindly provided, his rather amusing curriculum vitae at Buzzle for all to see and examine. In line with his logorrhea style of writing, the curriculum vitae is a document peppered with a smattering of mainly short courses taken in a variety of institutions in France, Greece, London, and Germany. At the age of about forty he also seems to have been student in a Maddrasa in Iran, where he seems to have traded his former Greek name Cosmas for Mohammed and probably became an adherent of a radical version of Islam! Amusingly he also seems to have attended two or more separate colleges in two different countries at the same time (Paris and Athens). His fields of study is a laundry list of subjects which are appropriate for, an scattered academic of jack of all trades with no particular exhaustive specialization in any particular endeavor that befits one dedicated to the academic life. He also claims to have knowledge of several languages (he claims to have average knowledge in many), including surprisingly two of the languages of the hated Ethiopians, Gueze and Abbysinian (although no such language exists!). For a person who has attained the rank of a professor he has surprisingly included his high school certificate just in case his readers will worry that he has not been to high school! He caps all this with thesis, he acknowledges is unpublished. It is not surprising that nobody would have published the obscure and esoteric subject matter of the so called thesis, "The Northern and Eastern Borders of the Sargoid Empire and the End of Assyria". One wonders where the Sargoid empire is (Hopefully it is not from the Star Wars Trilogy!). Another comical and unusual entry in the curriculum vitae under a title of, "Professors in my Postgraduate Studies", renders an encyclopedic jungle of names and institutions, languages, and peoples, and various part time, editorial boards, business names etc. etc. provided in a dense and impenetrable schizoid echolalia, spilling into a morass of pages. Even a loving mother let alone a casual reader will find it difficult to read if this was a book written by a prodigy of four years let alone one who claims to be a famous professor. The most surprising part of the curriculum vitae for a professor, who must reveal his scholarly undertaking in precise enumeration and references, is entered as follows, "Here are not included hundreds of lengthy entries published in Greek encyclopedias (although several dozed of entries exceed 10000 words each….and articles/features published in various media (despite many articles exceed 10000 words each….". The word count (logorrhea), seem to be more important to the "professor" than the subject matter of his writings! Under books, which he claims to have written a dozen or more (none of which are available through the usual sources) are not available for review by the general readership, but the professor points to reviews of his books at an obscure internet site, bookcrossing-com. What a surprise! A few books written by one Cosmas Megalommatis, presumably the self-same professor, probably authored during his pre-Islamic Greek phase are presented without excerpts or information on their contents. The review of these books seem to have been written in the logorrhea style, reminiscent of the professors other writings! All the books were also rated with ten stars! What a farce! In his writings on the internet (his academic venue) the self-obsessed megalomaniacal professor includes pictures of himself both hirsute (a la Nietzsche), and sometimes clean shaven (with a Cheshire cat smile). Those who enjoy Moliere and other farcical writings should visit Buzzle in order to read this comical drivel. Authors of fiction may find enough grist for a great read here.

In conclusion, in an age of overabundance of information and the lack of accountability, charlatans and quacks, claiming to be messiahs and hiding their evil and nefarious intents in quasi-sensible abound. One of this, the self-proclaimed, Neo-Hitler, Megalommatis, should only be seen as a filed comic, who should be read for amusement rather than as a source of reliable information.
7/7/2009
kebeneyso why are you all insulting the doctor?is it because he wrote the truth!
yes! he is right , the names ethiopia and abbysinia does not belong to us . we need a new name , new flag, new national anthem

please all ethiopians start to face reality.
one who doesn't know his origin will not know his destination.!
6/8/2009
goban gergo Ethiopia vs Abyssinia

Dr muhammad shashadin vs Osama Binladin

meles zenawi vs gogmagog
the ethiopian name was promised to continue till the day of aremagedo, unpromised gangs dancing and pardized today
4/30/2009
Chala The good professor needs to give sources to these explosive information. 3/23/2009
abebaw good! i am an ethiopian living abroad . i can not tell you my name . i have the desire to know more about the present day ethiopia and what kined of people were in ethiopia(abyssinia) in the ancient times.
i know that there is an untoled disastrouse ignorance among the ethiopian scholaris.
3/6/2009
Abubaker Muhammad, I read many of your articles over a period of minutes and I found them laughable on how distorted, hateful and unfounded historical stamped they are, based on falsehood and hate on some of the African countries, namely Ethiopia as well as other eastern African countries.
As far as I can tell, you sound like one high school drop out with street wise smart knowledge and a Hitlerism mentality who is trying to rewrite the history of the world and re-map the world. Do not think that I was so interested on your pure garbage writings I just happen to stumble on them while I was surfing on the internet.
Mr. Muhammad the degenerate, I promise you that you will not ever hear from me again or stumble again on your garbage writtings; I never would have tought I would run in to such despicable human garbage like you, who happens to have had such a higher education under his belt. In short you are a delusional idiot with a sivor mental disorder and an insult to the entire academia.

Good by
2/22/2009
ethiopian i don't get surprise hearing such foolish idea from Satan and donkey guys like you shame on you! cursed! bull! 2/9/2009
Ethiopian Always one strong united ETHIOPIA :) 11/24/2008
Ethiopian Always one strong united ETHIOPIAN :) 11/24/2008
enkidu professor mohamad article is out of the realty KUE is an old name of ethiopia .
Profet mussa marreid sipra she was the doughter of king of ethiopia so called Eyother , this is the name that today we call it Ethiopia

Abyssina is the name of king keleb (Abraha ashine ) Ethiopia name is not changed , but when you use the word *abyssinia or abasha* you mean that the king of arbe or abrahmatic hertage * this is to sho the breavens of Ethiopian
10/1/2008
ENKID Prof,Dr shamsheddin , bisede to your educational background and work experince and deep research of eastern African ,Ethiopian history ,you are still far awy from the reality , truly it is a complecated history needs further institutional research . it can't be completed or summerized by one prof. dreams and future game
I realy feel shame when you say ' habasha ' it is the main part of history you should correct the people . please read it . it is abasha or abyssiniya posiable .the exact meanig is of abassiniya is Abrahmatic hertage (Abraha Ashine ) do you know him ... he was kushate , merotic hertage , marrawi also kushate , queen SABA not from yeman she was from Afar , she was Kushate , ok in this short comments I can't tell you many historical secrets in hidine . well what makes complecated the history was noting but it is the only WAR .
2000 years ago ethiopians yet didn't gete free from the war , further more ETHIOPIA means it has historical ground of oromo people , please if youy confused with it it was better to back for further or take rest , I appresiate your effort but I didint satisfied with it . I will late you know other time
thank you
8/1/2008
seife I have read the fiction What is in a Name? Ethiopia vs. Abyssinia By By Prof. Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis

It is a very interesting fiction. It is just a dream. We know that you idiot Arabs are always dreaming about the disintegration of Ethiopia. What an idiot historian you are? Why not you go hell? You are working for Egypt which does not wish the well being of Ethiopia.
5/22/2008
Divina Dear Dr. Muhammad,
I inheritate a treasured piece from Ethiopia vs Abyssinia War, which belonged to a prince of Ethiopia in that war .
Are you interested in that?
1/14/2008
P. Ashimainyer Fuzzie Wezzies angels is a name of the papa new guinean tribes who help Australian diggers during the war when Australia was fighting against Japanese in KoKoda truck. 10/27/2007
p. Ashimainyer What do you mean by united line?, and is it in what part in Sudan? 10/27/2007
Girma To know about the real Ethiopia, this is the book you must read.

Ethiopia: The Classic Case.
A Biblical Nation Under God That Survived Great Trials For 7499 Years of its Existence and Ordained To Invoke Divine Judgment And Condemnation Up On The World.

Will The Present Generation Of Humanity Hearken This Time To The Divine Warning In Order To Avert Another Imminent Universal Cataclysm?



8/9/2007
gamada empty can makes a lot of noise 5/3/2007
Al-Beja First u got books written by Racist White people telling u Egyptians called there land KMT because of the black soil that comes from Present day Ethiopia but its really they were Asmar,Aswad,Black the opposite of Bidan/White. The same Racist Whites who claim Northeast Africans to be Hamitic which means Cacausions Black what ever that means Im Beja we call ourselves Hedareb Beni Amir but Whites call us blemmyes or Fuzzie Wezzies so Mr. Muhammed should we call our selves Blemmyes another thing why should sudan call it self Ethiopia doesnt Sudan and ethiopia mean the same thing racist Greeks and Arabs calling us by our skin color.
I am an Egyptian/Beja original son of the Anu from now on i shall call every turk european greek arab by the name tamahu the barbaric whites who put tattoes all over there bodies from the ancient egyptian reliefs Kemetic Ret Par Excellence
4/26/2007
R. Cole What do I think? I hope I'll get paid for wasting 10 minutes of my life on this rant. Ethiopia is Abyssinia, Abyssinia is Ethiopia. One thing you have to remember is that the Ethiopian nobles didn't need any propaganda to rule over the southern territories. 4/12/2007
wuhib so what is on the plate for you?
You ignored peoples migration and mixing to one another, and focused on King Ezana.
There is something wrong with you, some hatred is itching you, couldnt make you sleep. Could it be the Nile?
9/15/2006
Tony J In which year did Abyssinia become known as Ethiopia 6/6/2006
ian.spackman@te I am puzzled as to why the articles' text changes colour when my mouse points at it. Could you tell me why?

ian.spackman@tesco.net
8/4/2005
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