Ethiopia has always been part of our universe through the descriptions of Greek and Roman travellers. Since Antiquity, the part of the world which would become Ethiopia has always had trade, diplomatic, cultural or religious relations with other peoples whether they were the first relations between Pharaonic Ethiopia and the Land of Punt, the arrival of the evangelist Greeks in the 4th century, Portuguese Jesuits in the 16th century, or explorers, consuls, servicemen, and other merchants, European or not, in the 19th and 20th centuries. What drew people of the nations of the world to Ethiopia and what were their stories?

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