This article engages in examining the historical geography of ʾAmba Čara in the modern period of Ethiopia since 1850s. Ethiopian imperial history began in the Aksum era of the first century A.D., when an emperor moved from the country's capital and founded a number of temporary royal towns in order to develop and strengthen his kingdom. ʾAmba Čara was one of these towns. There is a dearth of research and limited literature on the subject; no one has sought to thoroughly examine the history of ʾAmba Čara previously. In this study, primary and secondary sources were used to explore the geographies of the site. Letters, chronicles, and traveler accounts served as the study's main information sources. On the other hand, data came from secondary sources including books, articles, journals, and oral histories. This study makes clear the significance of ʾAmba Čara's location, particularly since the middle of the nineteenth century, as a religious assembly center, a passageway, a convenient military training and organization center, and a temporary king's residence. This study, which also offers the first historical geography of the place, shows how ʾAmba Čara's contributed enormously to the socio-cultural and political development of the modern Ethiopian empire, starting in the middle of nineteenth century.

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埃塞俄比亚皇城：被遗忘的 Amba Čara 历史地理


本文致力于研究 1850 年代以来埃塞俄比亚现代时期 ʾAmba Čara 的历史地理。埃塞俄比亚帝国历史始于公元一世纪的阿克苏姆时代，当时一位皇帝从该国首都迁出，建立了一些临时皇家城镇，以发展和加强他的王国。Amba Čara 就是这些城镇之一。关于这个主题的研究和文献都很有限;以前没有人试图彻底研究 ʾAmba Čara 的历史。在这项研究中，主要和次要来源被用来探索该地点的地理区域。信件、编年史和旅行者的叙述是该研究的主要信息来源。另一方面，数据来自二手来源，包括书籍、文章、期刊和口述历史。这项研究清楚地说明了 ʾAmba Cčara 的位置，特别是自 19 世纪中叶以来，作为宗教集会中心、通道、便利的军事训练和组织中心以及国王的临时住所的重要性。这项研究还提供了该地的第一份历史地理学，展示了 ʾAmba Čara's 如何从 19 世纪中叶开始为现代埃塞俄比亚帝国的社会文化和政治发展做出巨大贡献。