HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Question
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Lalibela was king of ____
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Ghana
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Ethiopia
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Mali
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Tunisia
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In a mountainous region in the heart of Ethiopia, some 645 km from Addis Ababa, eleven medieval monolithic churches were carved out of rock. Their building is attributed to King Lalibela who set out to construct in the 12th century a ‘New Jerusalem’, after Muslim conquests halted Christian pilgrimages to the holy Land.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gebre Mesqel Lalibela was a great king of the Zagwe dynasty whose reign lasted forty years, spanning the end of the 12th century and the opening decades of the 13th.
Detailed explanation-3: -Originally called Roha, the town took the name of Gebra Maskal Lalibela, the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1185 to 1225 and one of the last rulers of the Zagwe Dynasty.
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