Ethiopia is one of the ancient nations in the history of civilization. The country has long history (3 millennia) and hence many historical attractions such as rock hewn churches of Lalibela and the most popular monolithic and cave churches at Axum. This area, which is found on the northern tip of the country, was the center of civilization in the ancient times and where king Ezana introduce Christianity to Ethiopia in the fourth century.

In general the history of Ethiopia is divided into three parts: ancient – medieval – modern (starting from the early unification of the country i.e. 1855)
Gondar was the capital city of Ethiopia for more than 300 years during the medieval period until the 17th century. It was founded by Emperor Fasiledes at a most challenging time of the civil war,
The civil war was between Gragi Mehammed, helped by Ottoman Turkey, and the Christian kingdom who was helped by Portugal who asked in return to convert the Ethiopian church to Catholic. This brought a great civil war between the royal family and the people against the imported faith.
The civil war ended with the restoration of Ethiopia.


Traveling to Ethiopia with simentreks will give you the benefit of having local professional, knowledgeable guides. We will do our best to give you a wonderful time visiting both historical site, and the nature wonders of Ethiopia. You will learn about our long history from the local community and feel the power of nature.

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