General Description The Kingdom of Kaffa held power in southwest Ethiopia. In the late fourteenth century, the Minjo kings of Kaffa took over the throne of the Mato Dynasty and formed the Kingdom of Kaffa in 1390 CE. In total, there were between sixteen to nineteen Kaffa monarchs during the existence of the kingdom. The capital of the Kingdom of Kaffa was at Bonga, and eventually the kingdom acquired a second capital at Anderacha. The Kingdom of Kaffa controlled vast areas of land, establishing trade networks as far as Gondar in the north of Ethiopia during the mid-nineteenth century. The kingdom was home to a diverse range of forty-eight clans who practiced Islam, Christianity and indigenous religions. Kaffa was also divided into eighteen districts which were organized under minor administrative figures. The kingdom finally collapsed in 1897 when the Ethiopian Emperor Menelik II conquered Kaffa territory. [1]
[1]: (Orent 1970, 263-293) Orent, Amnon. 1970. ‘Refocusing on the History of Kafa Prior to 1897: A Discussion of Political Processes’. African Historical Studies. Vol. 3:2. Pp 263-293. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/collections/GWWIKDDM/items/2A389XGK/collection
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| elite migration |
| UNCLEAR: [elite replacement] |
| unknown | 1390 CE 1529 CE |
| loose | 1530 CE 1897 CE |
| Unknown | 1390 CE 1530 CE |
| Present | 1531 CE 1897 CE |
| Unknown | 1390 CE 1530 CE |
| inferred Present | 1531 CE 1897 CE |
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| Utm Zone | 37 N | Confident | 1390 CE 1897 CE | ||||||||
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| Original Name | Kingdom of Kaffa | Confident | 1390 CE 1897 CE | ||||||||
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| Capital | Anderacha | Confident | 1390 CE 1897 CE | ||||||||
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| Capital | Bonga | Confident | 1390 CE 1897 CE | ||||||||
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| Alternative Name | Kingdom of Kafa | Confident | 1390 CE 1897 CE | ||||||||
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| Succeeding Entity | Ethiopian Empire | Confident | 1390 CE 1897 CE | ||||||||
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| Relationship to Preceding Entity | elite migration | Confident | 1390 CE 1897 CE | ||||||||
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| Degree of Centralization | unknown | Suspected | 1390 CE 1529 CE | ||||||||
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| Degree of Centralization | loose | Confident | 1530 CE 1897 CE | ||||||||
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| Religious Tradition | Ethiopian Religion | Confident | 1390 CE 1897 CE | ||||||||
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| Written Record | Unknown | Suspected | 1390 CE 1499 CE | ||||||||
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| Written Record | Present | Confident | 1500 CE 1897 CE | ||||||||
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| Script | Unknown | Suspected | 1390 CE 1499 CE | ||||||||
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| Script | Present | Confident | 1500 CE 1897 CE | ||||||||
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| Sacred Text | Unknown | Suspected | 1390 CE 1530 CE | ||||||||
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| Sacred Text | Present | Confident | 1531 CE 1897 CE | ||||||||
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| Religious Literature | Unknown | Suspected | 1390 CE 1530 CE | ||||||||
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| Religious Literature | Present | Inferred | 1531 CE 1897 CE | ||||||||
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| Foreign Coin | Present | Inferred | 1390 CE 1897 CE | ||||||||
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| Article | Present | Inferred | 1390 CE 1897 CE | ||||||||
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| Weight Measurement System | Present | Inferred | 1390 CE 1897 CE | ||||||||
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| Volume Measurement System | Present | Inferred | 1390 CE 1897 CE | ||||||||
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| Length Measurement System | Present | Inferred | 1390 CE 1897 CE | ||||||||
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| Area Measurement System | Present | Inferred | 1390 CE 1897 CE | ||||||||
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