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Semerec
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What happened to the great Agaw (explained)

Post by Semerec » 12 Nov 2020, 04:20

The Agaw people were perhaps first mentioned in the 3rd century Axumite inscription. The inscription refers to a people called 'Athagaus' (or Athagaous), perhaps from Ad Agaw, meaning 'sons of Agaw'. The Agaw are also later mentioned in an inscription of the 4th century Axumite King Ezana and the 6th century King Kaleb. Based on these evidences, a number of experts embrace a theory that they are the original inhabitants of much of the northern Ethiopian highlands, and were either forced out of their original settlements or assimilated by the "Semetic-speaking" Tigray-Tigrinya and Amhara peoples. They currently exist in a number of scattered enclaves, which include the Bilen in and around Keren in Eritrea; the Qwara and the Qemant, who live around Gondar; those in the west of the Tekezé River and north of Lake Tana; a number of Agaw living south of Lake Tana, around Dangla in the Agaw Awi zone; and another group living around Sokota. The Agaw ruled during the Zagwe dynasty of Ethiopia from about 1137 to 1270; the name of the dynasty itself comes from the Ge'ez phrase Ze-Agaw (meaning 'of Agaw'), and refers to the Agaw people. The currently existing subgroups include: the Northern Agaw, who are known as a Bilen, their capital being Keren; the Western Agaw known as Qemant, capital Gondar; the Eastern Agaw known as Xamta, capital Soqota; the Southern Agaw known as Awi, capital Injibara; also included in this ethnic grouping are the Bete-Israel, who formerly lived in the northern Amhara region with the Qemant and Qwara, but emigrated in the late 1990s to Israel.

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Re: What happened to the great Agaw (explained)

Post by Hawdian » 12 Nov 2020, 04:32

100% facts and well researched.

The Ras endorses your anthropology and historical work. You should be proud.

All Amhara and Tigregu are Agaw who adopted Semitic languages same way Sudan adopted Arabic and Western Africa French.

Don't let them fool you with their Harry Potter stories 😜

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Re: What happened to the great Agaw (explained)

Post by Hawdian » 12 Nov 2020, 05:08

Linguistically I would say they are the furthest of all Cushitic languages same way French is to Romance languages (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French).

I have been doing researches on the languages even more so than before.

Somali, Saho and Afar are the closest. Will discuss in another topic.

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