The
Ethiopian Empire (,
Mängəstä Ityop'p'ya), also known as
Abyssinia (a Europeanized form of the Arabic
Al-Habash), spanned a geographical area covered by present-day
Eritrea and the northern half of
Ethiopia. It existed from approximately 1137 (beginning of
Zagwe Dynasty) until 1974 when the monarchy was overthrown in a
coup d'état.