Fasilides
Castle, Ethiopia
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Fasilides
Castle also spelled Fasilidas, Fasiladas,
or Basilide died 1667. Ethiopian emperor
from 1632 to 1667, who ended a period of
contact between his country and Europe,
initiating a policy of isolation that lasted
for more than two centuries. Fasilides succeeded
to the throne on the abdication of Susenyos
(1632), who had permitted an increase of
Spanish and Roman Catholic influence in
Ethiopia.
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