from this expedition; failing that, they warned him not to eat fish from a certain river he would pass. Despite their warning, when he passed by the river the monks warned him about, he ate fish taken from this river and grew sick and died. His body was interred in Medhane Alem church on Rema Island. When Robert Ernest Cheesman visited the church in March 1933, he was shown a blue-and-white porcelain jar, which his entrails were brought from the place of his death. Legacy According to Professor Mordechai Abir, “the many historians who described sersa Dangel as an able, heroic, and successful monarch completely distorted the truth.” He believes that Sarsa Dengel's obsession to consolidate his government in the Beta Israel provinces in the north instead of focusing his resources and attention in the south to stop the Oromo expansions was a turning point in Ethiopian history. This disastrous decision opened the Ethiopian plateau for the Oromo migration and contributed to the decline of the Ethiopian Empire. References 1550 births 1597 deaths 16th-century monarchs in Africa 16th-century emperors of Ethiopia Emperors of Ethiopia Solomonic dynasty