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A ruler from this dynasty is depicted with blades of grass shaped like a cross on his forehead in one of many illuminated manuscripts in Veroli’s Giovardiana Library. A ruler of this dynasty ordered the stoning of monks from the heretical Stephanite sect. Historians from this dynasty removed records of a rival king nicknamed “the Unknown,” who is today identified with the loser of the Battle of Ansata. A ruler from this dynasty constructed a massive bath that is still used to reenact Jesus’s baptism during Timkat. (10[1])This dynasty’s rulers included Fasilides (10[2]-5[1])(“fuh-SIL-uh-deez”), who moved his capital (10[1])to (-5[1])Gondar. (10[1])According (10[1])to (-5[1])a (10[1])14th-century text, (10[1])this dynasty’s (10[1])legendary (-5[1])founder brought (10[1])back (10[1])the Ark (10[1])of the Covenant (10[1])along with his (10[1])mother, (10[2])the Queen of Sheba. (10[1])For 10 points, the Kebra Nagast traces the origins (-5[1])of what Ethiopian dynasty (10[1])that included Menelik II? ■END■ (10[3]0[1])

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