ETHIOPIA

(‘land of the faced’), name given by the ancients an extensive tract of country on sides of the Upper Nile. It was on the N. by Egypt, on the EK. by Red Sea, and is covered by the Nubia and Aby in i a. It was also Hebrew ‘Cush’ referred to in the The capital was Meroé, which one of the principal trade centres ancient world. It was conquered Cambyses, king of Persia, about B.C.; and again, in later times, August us. In the days of Nero was in ruins. Traces of its ancient however, are still to be found.