Cultural Differences Between Ethiopia And Cherokee

There are many societies in the world that I had a choice to research about but there are two that really stood out to me that I really wanted to write about. The two that I chose were Ethiopia and Cherokee. These two have a lot of history to learn about. Not saying that the others don’t but when it comes to the religion aspect of these two there are tons to learn about. Ethiopia has a number of faiths that they practice and believe in. Out of all the Abrahamic religions, the most practice today are Christianity and Islam. They also have a small Jewish community. Some adherents of the Bahá'í Faith likewise exist in a number of urban and rural areas. Additionally, there are a few followers of traditional faiths, who mainly reside in the southwestern
The Kingdom of Aksum in present-day Ethiopia and Eritrea was one of the first Christian countries in the world, having officially adopted Christianity as the state religion in the 4th century. Ethiopia has close historical ties to all three of the world's major Abrahamic religions. Christians form the majority of the population. Islam is the second most followed religion, with 33.9% of the population being adherents. 2.6% of the population (mainly in the far south and southwest) follow traditional religions; other religions make up the remaining 0.6%. Ethiopia is the site of the first hijra in Islamic history and the oldest Muslim settlement in Africa at Negash. Until the 1980s, a substantial population of Ethiopian Jews resided in Ethiopia. The country is also the spiritual homeland of the Rastafari religious
Traditional Indians, not just the farmer and working class, prospered. The average Cherokee enjoyed a standard of living as high as, if not higher than their white neighbors. Unfortunately this economic success was short lived. In 1871 after the Civil War, the Cherokee struggled to defeat the separation and dissolution of tribal land. The booming railroad business invaded the Nation during this time and brought intruders who urged for the opening of Indian lands to white settlers. The Cherokee Treasury was devastated by the very campaign intended to stop the railroads and white settlers from further encroaching on their land. Even with the pressure and demand on the Cherokee Nations’ economy it still made a way for some time to keep everything going. During this time the Nation prospered with several decades of farmers, herders, and merchants practicing their