Ethiopian Empire የኢትዮጵያ ንጉሠ ነገሥት መንግሥተ (Amharic) (Mäng stä Ityop'p'ya)
Capital | Unspecified (1270–1635) Gondar (1635–1855) Magdala (1855–1868) Mekele (1871–1885) Addis Ababa (1886–1974)
Common languages | Ge'ez (official) Amharic, Afar, Gamo, Gedeo, Gurage, Hadiyya, Kafa, Oromo, Sidamo, Somali, Tigrinya, Wolaytta (widely spoken)
Religion | Ethiopian Orthodox Church
Government | Absolute monarchy
Emperor |
• 1270 | Yekuno Amlak (first)
• 1930–1974 | Haile Selassie I (last)
Prime Minister |
• 1909–1927 | Habte Giyorgis (first)
• 1974 | Mikael Imru (last)
Legislature | Parliament of the Ethiopian Empire
• Upper house | Senate
• Lower house | Chamber of Deputies
Historical era | Middle 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