Is it Abesha or Habesha? Abesha, a variant of Habesha is a word used to refer to both Eritreans and Ethiopians, or, more specifically, to the Semitic-speaking inhabitants of those countries. The first inscription to refer to "Habesha" is a Sabaean South Arabian inscription ca. 200 AD referring to king GDRT of Aksum (an ancient Kingdom located in modern Ethiopia and Eritrea) as king of the city of Aksum and the "clans of Habesha." As Sabaic and Ge'ez (the ancient language and alphabet of Ethiopia, still used) it was unvocalized, it is written as "h.bs't" (put the dot under the h and the apostrophe on top of the s) and later as vocalized as h.abs'aat (put the dot under the h, apostrophe over the s, and make the two a's a long "a" - meaning an a with a line over it), which evolved into today's Habesha. The term was translated by the famous Christian King Ezana of Aksum in the mid 4th century as "Ethiopia" in Greek, which previously referred to Africa south of Egypt in general, or Nubia (in modern-day Sudan) in particular. The term is not, as commonly assumed, of Arabic origin, but of local Semitic origin. Spurious Arabic etymologies tend to connect the term with the meaning "mixed," on the false assumption that the peoples of the Horn of Africa are the product of African-Arab mixes. The term was also used by the Turks as "Habesh" or "Habeshistan" to refer to their small territory taken from Ethiopia in 1557, comprising of the port cities of Massawa and Hergigo (Habeshistan also included Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, the capital of the province, Suwakin in Sudan, and Aden in Yemen). Abeshanetwork is a community powered website for “Abeshas’” (citizens of Ethiopia and Eritrea) Worldwide. No matter where you live you can access, participate and utilize the services. This website is created for Abeshas’ who would like to participate in a positive, constructive and progressive network with other Abeshas’ worldwide. Abeshanetwork is politics free zone ! It has no affiliation with any political party and will not be used to disseminate or initiate any form of discussion that is political, divisive and negative in nature. At Abeshanetwork.com we strongly believe that the only way Abeshas’ will succeed and make financial progress is by harnessing the power we have through networking with the estimated more than 100,000,000 Abeshas worldwide. AbeshaNetwork is run by Abeshas (Eritrean and Ethiopian) that are currently residing in Ethiopian, Eritrea, Canada, USA, Hong Kong, Dubai, South Africa, Sweden and Switzerland

Here are some of the benefits you will gain by using Abeshanetwork.com:

• Create the avenue for Abeshas’ living anywhere in the world to advertise events for free. (Published under Events Calendar)
• List Abeshas owned businesses or organizations (Published under Directory Listing)
• List products for sale for individuals and businesses (Published under Classifieds)
• Advertise your business to the worldwide Abesha communities (Banner or Link)
• Register and connect with other Abeshas’ around the world. (Register and look up your old friends)
• Employment opportunities (Published under Job Posting)
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• Look up your long lost friends from high school or university or simply from your kebele or kefetegna. (Members Search) Only available to registered members only

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