Entity Periods

Period assignments linking entities to the historical periods when they are attested. An entity may span multiple periods. All Greek entities are assigned; Egyptian tradition is fully covered; total coverage exceeds 70%.

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confidence
{'description': 'high / medium / low — certainty of the period assignment'}
rationale
{'description': 'Justification with source citations'}

11 rows where period_id = "PER_ETHIOPIAN"

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ENT_ETH_AREGAWI,PER_ETHIOPIAN Abba Aregawi (Za-Mikael) ENT_ETH_AREGAWI Ethiopian Christian (Aksumite to Solomonic) PER_ETHIOPIAN high Best-known of the Nine Saints; traditional founder of Debre Damo monastery. Attested in Ethiopian hagiography; discussed by Munro-Hay. SRC_MUNRO_HAY_AKSUM reviewed
ENT_ETH_FRUMENTIUS,PER_ETHIOPIAN Frumentius (Abba Selama) ENT_ETH_FRUMENTIUS Ethiopian Christian (Aksumite to Solomonic) PER_ETHIOPIAN high First bishop of Aksum, called Abba Selama 'Revealer of Light'; converted King Ezana and the Aksumite court in the 4th c.; consecrated by Athanasius of Alexandria. Attested by Rufinus and Athanasius; treated by Munro-Hay. SRC_MUNRO_HAY_AKSUM reviewed
ENT_ETH_GEBRE_MENFES_KIDUS,PER_ETHIOPIAN Gebre Menfes Kidus (Abbo) ENT_ETH_GEBRE_MENFES_KIDUS Ethiopian Christian (Aksumite to Solomonic) PER_ETHIOPIAN high Popular Ethiopian hermit-saint ('Servant of the Holy Spirit'), associated with Mount Ziquala; legendary ascetic figure of Ethiopian hagiography. SRC_MUNRO_HAY_AKSUM reviewed
ENT_ETH_LALIBELA,PER_ETHIOPIAN Gebre Mesqel Lalibela ENT_ETH_LALIBELA Ethiopian Christian (Aksumite to Solomonic) PER_ETHIOPIAN high Zagwe king (c. 1181-1221) credited with the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela ('New Jerusalem'); canonized king-saint. Attested historically and in his Gadl; discussed by Munro-Hay. SRC_MUNRO_HAY_AKSUM reviewed
ENT_ETH_MAKEDA,PER_ETHIOPIAN Makeda, Queen of Sheba ENT_ETH_MAKEDA Ethiopian Christian (Aksumite to Solomonic) PER_ETHIOPIAN high Ethiopian name for the Queen of Sheba; in the Kebra Nagast she visits Solomon and bears Menelik I, founding the Solomonic line. Reception/expansion of the biblical Queen of Sheba (1 Kings 10). Homonym/parallel of the biblical Sheba figure. SRC_BUDGE_KEBRA_NAGAST reviewed
ENT_ETH_MENELIK,PER_ETHIOPIAN Menelik I ENT_ETH_MENELIK Ethiopian Christian (Aksumite to Solomonic) PER_ETHIOPIAN high Legendary son of Solomon and Makeda; founder of the Ethiopian Solomonic dynasty who, in the Kebra Nagast, brings the Ark of the Covenant from Jerusalem to Aksum. SRC_BUDGE_KEBRA_NAGAST reviewed
ENT_ETH_NINE_SAINTS,PER_ETHIOPIAN The Nine Saints ENT_ETH_NINE_SAINTS Ethiopian Christian (Aksumite to Solomonic) PER_ETHIOPIAN high Group of nine (largely Syriac/Roman) missionary monks who, c. late 5th-early 6th c., spread monasticism and consolidated Christianity in Aksumite Ethiopia; attested in Ethiopian synaxaria and discussed by Munro-Hay. SRC_MUNRO_HAY_AKSUM reviewed
ENT_ETH_SAINTS,PER_ETHIOPIAN Saints of the Ethiopian Tewahedo Church ENT_ETH_SAINTS Ethiopian Christian (Aksumite to Solomonic) PER_ETHIOPIAN high Hub collective for the canonized saints, sages, and Solomonic-cycle figures of Ethiopian Tewahedo Christianity; analytic grouping per Munro-Hay. SRC_MUNRO_HAY_AKSUM reviewed
ENT_ETH_TABOT,PER_ETHIOPIAN The Tabot (Ark of the Covenant tradition) ENT_ETH_TABOT Ethiopian Christian (Aksumite to Solomonic) PER_ETHIOPIAN high The Ethiopian Ark tradition: the Tabot (altar-tablet) replicates the Ark of the Covenant believed, per the Kebra Nagast, to reside at Aksum; central cultic object of every Tewahedo church. SRC_BUDGE_KEBRA_NAGAST reviewed
ENT_ETH_TEKLE_HAYMANOT,PER_ETHIOPIAN Tekle Haymanot ENT_ETH_TEKLE_HAYMANOT Ethiopian Christian (Aksumite to Solomonic) PER_ETHIOPIAN high 13th-c. monastic saint, founder of Debre Libanos and a key figure in the Solomonic restoration; among the most venerated Ethiopian saints. Attested in his Gadl (hagiography). SRC_MUNRO_HAY_AKSUM reviewed
ENT_ETH_YARED,PER_ETHIOPIAN Saint Yared ENT_ETH_YARED Ethiopian Christian (Aksumite to Solomonic) PER_ETHIOPIAN high 6th-c. deacon credited with inventing Ethiopian sacred chant (zema) and its notation; central to Tewahedo liturgy. Attested in Ethiopian tradition; noted by Munro-Hay. SRC_MUNRO_HAY_AKSUM reviewed

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CREATE TABLE "entity_periods" (
   [entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [period_id] TEXT REFERENCES [periods]([period_id]),
   [confidence] TEXT,
   [rationale] TEXT,
   [source_id] TEXT,
   [review_status] TEXT,
   PRIMARY KEY ([entity_id], [period_id])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_periods_period_id]
    ON [entity_periods] ([period_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_periods_entity_id]
    ON [entity_periods] ([entity_id]);