Question

While visiting a king, a ruler of this empire reveals goat legs after mistaking a glass floor for a pool of water. The question "Of what doth the Glory of Kings consist?" appears in the opening of this empire's national epic. Makeda was the mother of this empire's legendary founder, who requests only a tassel but is instead given the entire (20[1])Ark of the Covenant by his father. The (*) Kebra Nagast is the national epic of this empire, whose 14th century contact with the Portuguese led this empire to be labeled the new home of the mythical king (10[1])Prester John. Yekuno Amlak claimed to be a direct descendant of the Queen of Sheba when founding the Solomonic Dynasty of, for 10 points, what East African Christian empire? ■END■

ANSWER: Ethiopia [or Ethiopian empire; accept Abyssinia; accept Kingdom of Aksum; prompt on Sheba with "what other kingdom did that ruler lead?"; prompt on the South]
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TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC06/07/2025Y2100%50%0%78.50