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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Yom: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Kemson: [b]From a linguistic point of view, I question the existence of the words “Bilqis” and “Makeda”.[/b] I happen to know an excellent linguistic friend here in New York City attending the Columbia University who happen to be Arab whom I will run this by for more concrete information. From what I know now, [b]I am quite sure “Makeda” is of Arabic origin[/b] just not the origin of the historical, biblical Queen in discussion.[/QUOTE]Incorrect. Unlike the name Minilik, which is a newer name for the son of Solomon in the Ethiopian tradition, Makeda is a Ge'ez name recorded in the Kebra Nagast: [URL=http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/kn/kn085.htm]Chapter 85[/URL]. [QUOTE]Similar to how “Mancala” or spelled “Mankala” is an Arabic word which designates the world’s oldest board game but the game itself not of Arabic origin. “Oware” is the Western spelling attempting to preserve the games original name “Okwe” (which is of Igbo origin which I believe also to be the origin of the physical game), though there are Western scholar generated arguments quarreling about the games origin within the African interior before spreading throughout Africa and then rest of the world. The outside Africa spread is mostly due to the dreaded Slave Trade, where locals of other nations and tribes have given it there brand of names, explaining the wide variety of names in circulation for the game. More information here: http://www.oware.org/ [/QUOTE]Not to get off topic, but the oldest evidence of "Manqala" (called "Gebet'a" in Ethiopia) are late Aksumite examples (ca. 6th century AD) in Ethiopia. Citation: Richard Pankhurst, "Gäbäṭa," in Siegbert von Uhlig, ed., ''Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: D-Ha'' (Wiesbaden:Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005), pp.598. Please use citations to back your claims. They are valued highly here at Egyptsearch. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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