It is believed by many scholars that the warrior queen was ruler of the once-powerful kingdom of Damot[?], and that her rebellion represented an attempt by one of the indigenous Sidama[?] peoples of southern Ethiopia to avenge harsh treatment by the Christian regime, reassert their independence, and resist absorption by Christian north. It is said that this queen, Gudit, adopted the Jewish faith from her husband Zenobis, prince of a kingdom located to the north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea coast, and made it her mission to wipe out Christianity in Ethiopia.
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