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Originally Posted by Gogogonorrhea
Ethiopia is the navel of the world, isn't it?
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wow, that is the best description ever. can I use that? it is so accurate.
Ethiopia is the birthplace of modern humans, according to the fossil record.
Ethiopia is one of the originations of semitic languages, according to linguistic studies.
Ethiopia is the origination of dozens of species of animals and plants necessary to human life and civilization, including coffee, which is a central part of our global economy for the past 300 hundred years.
Ethiopia is a cradle of writing and literature in an otherwise illiterate African continent.
Ethiopia is the preservation of ancient Christianity, perpetuated into the present.
in other words, so many aspects of our civilization are impacted by Ethiopia, in the modern world, European colonialism would not have been able to expand into Asia without the use of Ethiopian ports in the 1870s, 1880s and 1890s, and the Ethiopians achieved no less then six significant military victories which secured their position as the only independent African power.
in amharic, naval of the world is
yebeher hayl kealem Ityopya nesh. [Ethiopia is the naval of the world, literally, "The Naval Force Of The World, Ethiopia she-is!"