What was the kingdom that Mansfield Parkyns traveled around and is also known as Abyssinia?
Ethiopian Empire The Ethiopian Empire (Amharic: ), also known as Abyssinia (derived from the Arabic "al-Habash"), was a kingdom that spanned a geographical area in the current state of Ethiopia. It existed from approximately 1137 (beginning of Zagwe dynasty) until 1974, when the Solomonic dynasty was overthrown in a coup d'état.
Wadai Empire The Wadai Empire or Sultanate (Arabic: سلطنة وداي‎ ‎ , French: "royaume du Ouaddaï" ; 1635–1912) was a kingdom located to the east of Lake Chad in present-day Chad and in the Central African Republic. It emerged in the sixteenth century as an offshoot of the Sultanate of Darfur (in present-day Sudan) to the northeast of the Kingdom of Baguirmi.