Gondarine period

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The Gondarine period was a significant era in Ethiopian history marked by the rise of Gondar as the imperial capital, noted for its distinctive stone castles, flourishing arts, and religious architecture.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gondarine period canonical 2
Zemene Mesafint (Era of the Princes) 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
period of Ethiopian history ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gondarine architecture ⓘ
artStyle Gondarine school of painting ⓘ
associatedWith Lake Tana region ⓘ
linked to: Lake Tana
capitalCity Gondar ⓘ
chronologicalContext 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
conflict internal dynastic struggles ⓘ
wars with neighboring Muslim states ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
culturalRegion northern Ethiopian highlands ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
endTime circa 1769 ⓘ
followedBy Zemene Mesafint ⓘ
governmentSeat Fasil Ghebbi royal enclosure in Gondar ⓘ
hasPart construction of Debre Berhan Selassie Church ⓘ
construction of Fasil Ghebbi royal enclosure ⓘ
regency of Empress Mentewab ⓘ
reign of Bakaffa ⓘ
reign of Fasilides ⓘ
reign of Iyasu I ⓘ
reign of Yohannes I ⓘ
heritageSite Fasil Ghebbi ⓘ
influenced later Ethiopian church art ⓘ
influencedBy Portuguese architectural elements ⓘ
local Aksumite and medieval Ethiopian traditions ⓘ
knownFor Gondarine style of church painting ⓘ
construction of stone castles ⓘ
development of Ethiopian Christian art ⓘ
flourishing religious architecture ⓘ
wall paintings and illuminated manuscripts ⓘ
language Amharic ⓘ
Geʽez ⓘ
namedAfter Gondar ⓘ
partOf history of the Ethiopian Empire ⓘ
politicalStructure centralized Ethiopian monarchy ⓘ
precededBy Era of the Princes of Shewa and earlier mobile capitals ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Shewa
religion Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
significantEvent establishment of Gondar as permanent imperial capital of Ethiopia ⓘ
significantFigure Emperor Bakaffa ⓘ
Emperor Fasilides ⓘ
Emperor Iyasu I ⓘ
linked to: Iyasu I

Emperor Yohannes I ⓘ
linked to: Yohannes I

Empress Mentewab ⓘ
startTime 1632 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gondar → historicalEraOfProminence → Gondarine period ⓘ
Fasil Ghebbi → builtInPeriod → Gondarine period ⓘ
Ras Betul Haile Maryam → historicalContext → Zemene Mesafint (Era of the Princes) ⓘ
linked to: Gondarine period