Original sentence: Ethiopia had been converted to Christianity by Egyptian Copts, and the Coptic Church strove for centuries to keep the Ethiopians in a dependent and subservient condition, which the Ethiopian emperors greatly resented.For the Ethiopian monarchy, the Solomonic and Sheban lineage was of considerable political and cultural importance.The tradition that the Biblical Queen of Sheba was a ruler of Ethiopia who visited King Solomon in Jerusalem, in ancient Israel, is supported by the first century AD Roman (of Jewish origin) historian Flavius Josephus, who identified Solomon’s visitor as a "Queen of Egypt and Ethiopia"
Edited sentence: Ethiopia had been converted to Christianity by Egyptian Copts, and the Coptic Church strove for centuries to keep the Ethiopians in a dependent and subservient condition, which the Ethiopian Emperors greatly resented.For the Ethiopian Monarchy, the Solomonic and Sheban lineage was of considerable political and cultural importance.Indeed, since The New Testament starts by tracing the genealogy of Jesus back to King David and King Solomon, the Ethiopian Emperors, in effect, were Jesus' own older cousins (albeit distant ones).The Solomonic and Sheban descent made the Ethiopians senior by far to the Kopts, their involvement in Biblical affairs long predating Christianity itself.The tradition that the Biblical Queen of Sheba was a ruler of Ethiopia who visited King Solomon in Jerusalem in ancient Israel is supported by the first century AD Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, who identified Solomon’s visitor as a Queen of Egypt and Ethiopia