Question

A ruler from this dynasty is depicted with blades of grass shaped like a cross on his forehead in one of many illuminated manuscripts in Veroli’s Giovardiana Library. A ruler of this dynasty ordered the stoning of monks from the heretical Stephanite sect. Historians from this dynasty removed records of a rival king nicknamed “the Unknown,” who is today identified with the loser of the Battle of Ansata. A ruler from this dynasty constructed a massive bath that is still used to reenact Jesus’s baptism during Timkat. (10[1])This dynasty’s rulers included Fasilides (10[2]-5[1])(“fuh-SIL-uh-deez”), who moved his capital (10[1])to (-5[1])Gondar. (10[1])According (10[1])to (-5[1])a (10[1])14th-century text, (10[1])this dynasty’s (10[1])legendary (-5[1])founder brought (10[1])back (10[1])the Ark (10[1])of the Covenant (10[1])along with his (10[1])mother, (10[2])the Queen of Sheba. (10[1])For 10 points, the Kebra Nagast traces the origins (-5[1])of what Ethiopian dynasty (10[1])that included Menelik II? ■END■ (10[3]0[1])

ANSWER: Solomonic dynasty [or House of Solomon] (The unnamed ruler is Zara Yaqob.)
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2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y2295%0%23%110.67

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Michał GerasimiukStanfordJohns Hopkins8610
Akshar GoyalIllinois ANYU9110
Joey SunToronto BMichigan91-5
Skand ParvatikarArizona StateToronto A9110
Noah ChinVirginia TechOhio State9510
Jakob MyersIndianaMIT96-5
Cooper RohColumbia AChicago A9710
Chris ScheriRITRutgers9810
Qingyu ZhangFloridaWUSTL A99-5
Micah ColmanWaterloo BColumbia B10010
Nathaniel HullUC Berkeley ANorth Carolina B10210
Ian LuGeorgia TechTexas10410
Tai BelkeBritish ColumbiaWUSTL B105-5
Henry BonWinona StateMinnesota10710
Anthony LovegrenUCFUC Berkeley B10810
Truman HillVanderbiltWaterloo A11010
Chris SimsNorthwesternGeorgia State11310
Gabriel DubowskiIllinois BIowa State11610
Mitch McCullarPenn StateVirginia11710
Cormac BeirneLSEMaryland11710
Liam StarnesChicago BToronto C12110
Michael KearneyHarvardOttawa130-5
John John GrogerWUSTL BBritish Columbia13410
Charles HangWUSTL AFlorida13910
Yrwin BatanMITIndiana1390
James WangOttawaHarvard13910
Yashwanth BajjiMichiganToronto B13910