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| Medri Bahri 'Land of the Sea'Medri Bahri ምድሪ ባሕሪ | |||||||||||
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| 1137-1889 | |||||||||||
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| Capital | Debarwa | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Geez, Tigrinya | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| Bahri Negash | |||||||||||
| Historical era | Medieval | ||||||||||
| • Established | 1137 | ||||||||||
| • Italian Colonisation | 1889 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of |  Eritrea Ethiopia | ||||||||||
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Medri Bahri (Template:Lang-ti, Template:Lang-am) was a medieval kingdom in the Horn of Africa. The Ethiopians called the area Mereb Melash (land beyond the river). Today the kingdom is part of Eritrea and Northern Ethiopia.
After Aksum
After the decline of the Christian kingdom of Aksum in the late 7th century,