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Ethiopia has long been known to the outside world and old literature as "Abyssinia." It is believed to have originated in the pre-Christian era from one of those tribes that inhabited the now northern part of the country. Modern Ethiopia is the product of many millennia of interaction of the people in and around the Horn of Africa, and specifically the Ethiopian Highlands region. Although legend has it that the Ethiopian state started with the reign of the Queen Sheba (around 2,000-1,000 B.C.), many scholars, however, contend that it actually originated during the Aksumite (also spelt Axumite) Kingdom, a trading state that emerged about the first century A.D. This long and uninterrupted Ethiopian history, along with religion, has played a vital role in shaping modern day Ethiopia. For this reason, Ethioworld has dedicated a section solely to Ethiopian history. To learn more about Ethiopian history, click here.