Wollo (Amharic: ወሎ, originally Bete Amhara). There were places in Amhara Wollo province where the belief of Old Testament and synagogues existed before 34 A.D. This region was one of the place where synagogues were transformed into Churches and Churches were became centres of tradition. During the Middle Ages this region was known as Bete Amhara province and had Amhara Kings. Bete Amhara had an illustrious place in Ethiopian political and cultural history. It was the center of Amhara Solomonic Dynasty established by Emperor Yekuno Amlak around Lake Hayq 1270, the original center of Amhara people, whose territorial reach extended from Lake Hayq and the Beshillo River in the north, the Afar and Argobba lowlands in the east, the Abbay River in the West, and the Awash River just south of moder