Couldn't help but name it this -- I mean, the Queen of Sheba ruled for 6 years with no man by her side, made a man promise not to "take her by force" and then changes the line of Kings from Solomonic line to her blood line starting with their child (Menelik). One word ... awesome.
Stories, such as the one of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, help to relay the past culture and beliefs of an area.
Summing up this story into a paragraph:
The Queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord and the wisdom she was told he possessed. She became very wishful and most desirous to go that she could hear his wisdom for herself. The queen decided to go to his kingdom and see Solomon himself to see if what she was hearing was in fact true. They made many trips back and forth to be in each other’s presence. Solomon convinced the Queen to stay during one of her visits and she said as long as you “Swear to me, that thou wilt not take me by force” (aka take her virginity) which he swore as long as she as well did not take anything from his house. Solomon had previously planned a feast so that the Queen would wake up very thirsty in the middle of the night. She searched for water and when Solomon “caught her stealing” water from him, there deal was broken and the Queen went to bed with him. This event was the result of Menelik I (son of Solomon and Queen of Sheba). Menelik tells his mother that he wants to who his father is and so he travels to the kingdom of King Solomon to meet him. In the country in Ethiopia it was said that a woman who “knew men” (aka has lost their virginity) could no longer rule and the Queen said fine but no “only seed of thine shall reign and his seed after him from generation to generation.” (keep it in her family; her blood line).
This story is viewed as the final authority on the early history of Ethiopia, and its origin in the lines of kings following Solomon’s reign, which descends from the dynasty of Menelik I, [son of Queen of Ethiopia, Queen of Sheba and King Solomon of Jerusalem] and continued on from generation to generation.
The reason this story is so important to Ethiopia is because it establishes its history. The birth of this bastard child set up a new beginning in Ethiopian history; it was a switch from the early power of King Solomon to a new line of kings from which the Queen of Sheba’s child began. The story of kings is always an important part of any cultures history, this story especially plays a strong part because it makes people of today look at Ethiopia slightly differently; the story marks a significant event that all people of Ethiopia could (I guessing) easily be able to relay. Background tales such as this classifies a culture by seeing what a place was like and how it functioned in its time in contrast to how it does today.
it's okay guys ... women will always kick ass, don't be too upset about it! ;)
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