Ukwaziswa kokuqala uthi izwe lokuqala lapho libonakala khona yi-Ethiopia. Kukhona umlando othi abelusi, abadla izimbuzi, baba amaphayona, futhi baphawula ukuthi izimbuzi emva kokusetshenziswa kwamabhontshisi wekhofi zasendle zazigcwele amandla. Khona ikhofi yasakazeka eGibhithe naseJemen. Futhi ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-XV, futhi wafika emazweni aseNyakatho Afrika, eMpumalanga Ephakathi, eTurkey nasePersia.
Emazweni amaningi, ikhofi yadlala indima ebalulekile. Ngokwesibonelo, imikhosi yenkolo yayibanjelwe e-Yemen ne-Afrika ngekhofi. Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, ngaphambi kokubusa kukaMbusi uMenelik II waseTopiya, isonto lendawo lavimbela ukusetshenziswa kwamahabhontshisi wekhofi. Futhi, ikhofi yayivinjelwe eMbusweni Wase-Ottoman eTurkey ngekhulu le-17 ngezizathu zezepolitiki.
Ekuqaleni kwawo-1600. ikhofi yanda kakhulu eNgilandi, futhi ngo-1657 iFrance nayo yathandwa kakhulu ngekhofi. I-Austria nePoland ngo-1683, ngenxa yokulwa neVienna ngokumelene namaTurkey, yambamba izinhlamvu zekhofi ezivela eTurkey. Lo nyaka ungabhekwa njengomnyaka wokunqoba ikhofi ePoland nase-Austria. E-Italy, ikhofi yavela emazweni amaSulumane. Lokhu kwaqondiswa ukuhweba okuphumelelayo eNyakatho Afrika naseVenice, kanye naseMpumalanga Ephakathi naseGibhithe. Futhi sekuvele ikhofi yaseVenice eya emazweni aseYurophu.
Ukuthandwa kakhulu nokuthandwa kwekhofi kutholwe kubonga kuPapa uClement VIII ngo-1600, ngemvume yekhofi eyayibhekwa ngokuthi "isiphuzo sobuKristu". Nakuba kwakuningi ukukhala kukaPapa ngesicelo sokuvimbela "isiphuzo samaSulumane".
Ukuvulwa kwendlu yekhofi
Izwe lokuqala laseYurophu, elavula isitolo sekhofi, kwakuyi-Italy. Lo mcimbi kwenzeka ngo-1645. AmaDutch aye abe ngabokuqala abathungi bekhofi. UPeter van den Brock wephule ukuvinjelwa okukhona ngaleso sikhathi emazweni amaSulumane athengisa ikhofi yekhofi. I-contraband yenziwa ngo-1616 kusukela e-Aden kuya eYurophu. Kamuva, amaDutch aqala ukukhulisa izitshalo zekhofi eziqhingini zaseJava naseCeylon.
Kodwa-ke, ngenkathi yekoloniyali, eyayiwela eNyakatho Melika ngesikhathi esisodwa, ikhofi ekuqaleni yayingathandwa kakhulu, uma iqhathaniswa neYurophu. Isidingo sekhofi eNyakatho Melika saqala ukukhula phakathi neMpi Yezimpindiselo. Ngakho-ke, abathengisi, ukuze balondoloze izimpahla zabo ezincane, baphoqeleka ukuba bafake kakhulu amanani. Futhi, ukusebenzisa kabanzi kwekhofi phakathi kwamaMelika kwaqala ngemva kwempi ka-1812, lapho i-UK yavala okwesikhashana ukungenisa itiye.
Njengamanje, ukuthandwa kwekhofi kuvaliwe. Abakhiqizi banikeza izinhlobo eziningi namafutha wekhofi. Futhi izinzuzo noma ukulimala kwekhofi kususa izingxoxo ezifudumele.