Era of Yohannes I of Ethiopia (1670s)

Timeline

1. 1671–1675Gondar · EthiopiaYohannes I based his politics at Gondar, relying on the military nobility (Ras) system to maintain rule over the empire's north and center; the court's power structure was relatively stable in the early 1670s.
2. 1676–1678Ethiopian Highlands · EthiopiaThe Qebat and Dabbawists factions disputed the doctrine of the unity of Christ's human and divine natures; the emperor intervened repeatedly to mediate but could not eradicate the sectarian split, and religious conflict drained central authority.
3. 1679–1680Shewa · EthiopiaBy around 1680, regional nobles in Shewa and elsewhere had grown stronger, central control over outlying provinces weakened, and succession arrangements in Yohannes's late reign became a key threat to imperial stability.