GEO 358 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Ethiopian Highlands, Beta Israel

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25 May 2018

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Horn of Africa

1. Countries

a. 4 countries

i. Ethiopia

ii. Eritrea

iii. Djibouti

iv. Somalia

2. Landscape

a. Hot, dry coastal lowlands

i. Muslims

b. Ethiopian highlands

i. Christian

ii. Gelada baboons

3. Ethiopia

a. Highlands- cultural isolation

b. “Galapagos Islands of Religion”

i. 65% Christian

1. Mainly Ethiopian Orthodox Christian

c. Religion

i. 35% Muslims

ii. Falasha Jews mostly emigrated in 1980s

1. Moved to Israel

d. Lalibela

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