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In the ancient texts and holy books, the great black woman is referred to in many places and by several names.

In Matthew 12:42, Christ says of her, The Queen of the South shall rise up in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn; for she came from the uttermost parts of the Earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon …

The ancient Greeks called her the Black Minerva.

In the Koran, the Muslim writers made reference to her as Bilqis.

In I Kings 10:1-10 and II Chronicles 9:1-12 of the Bible, she is described as the Queen of Sheba.

In the Ethiopians’ most sacred book, the Kebra Nagast, she is known to her own people as:

Makeda