The Ethiopian Empire (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ንጉሠ ነገሥት መንግሥተ, Mängəstä Ityop'p'ya) once historically known as Abyssinia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa, and is the most populous landlocked country in the world. It exists from approximately 1137 (beginning of Zagwe Dynasty). It is bordered by Egypt, British East Africa, Italian Somalia, British Somalia, French Somaliland and Italian Eritrea.