Ethiopian Empire

የኢትዮጵያ ንጉሠ ነገሥት መንግሥተ (Amharic)
(Mäng stä Ityop'p'ya)
CapitalUnspecified (1270–1635)
Gondar (1635–1855)
Magdala (1855–1868)
Mekele (1871–1885)
Addis Ababa (1886–1974)
Common languagesGe'ez (official)
Amharic, Afar, Gamo, Gedeo, Gurage, Hadiyya, Kafa, Oromo, Sidamo, Somali, Tigrinya, Wolaytta (widely spoken)
Religion
Ethiopian Orthodox Church
GovernmentAbsolute monarchy
Emperor
• 1270
Yekuno Amlak (first)
• 1930–1974
Haile Selassie I (last)
Prime Minister
• 1909–1927
Habte Giyorgis (first)
• 1974
Mikael Imru (last)
LegislatureParliament of the Ethiopian Empire
• Upper house
Senate
• Lower house
Chamber of Deputies
Historical eraMiddle Ages to Cold War
• Empire established
1270
• Italo-Ethiopian War
1895–1896
• Treaty of Addis Ababa
23 October 1896
• Constitution adopted
16 July 1931
• Italian invasion
3 October 1935 – May 1936
• Sovereignty restored
5 May 1941
• Admitted to the United Nations
13 November 1945
Coup d'état by Derg
12 September 1974
• Monarchy abolished
21 March 1975