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Ethiopia | Historyworld

HISTORY OF ETHIOPIA

including headings The kingdom of Aksum, An island of Christianity, The dynasty of Solomon, Links with Rome, Menelik II, ...

Ethiopia and Albania | HISTORY OF ITALY

Mussolini's dreams of imperial grandeur hark back to the days of the Roman empire, at the peak of which Rome was master of the entire Mediterranean. This modern would-be Caesar has the nostalgic habit of lapsing into Lat...

Ethiopia and Eritrea | HISTORY OF ERITREA

Ethiopia and Eritrea

During the first half of the century, with the Italians in possession of Eritrea, Ethiopia has been landlocked. The defeat of Italy in World War II gives Haile Selassie the chance to redress this deficiency. In a meeting...

Ethiopia and Italy | HISTORY OF ERITREA

Ethiopia and Italy

Menelik's first response to the Italian presence on the coast is to make an alliance to his own advantage. In the treaty of Uccialli, signed in 1889, he accepts their right to Eritrea and cedes to them territories in the...

Between Arabia and Ethiopia | HISTORY OF SOMALIA

Between Arabia and Ethiopia

The land of the Somali people, much of it arid and inhospitable, has for thousands of years been close to civilization and international trade. To the north, just across the Gulf of Aden, is Saba, the land of the legenda...

Ancient link with Ethiopia | HISTORY OF ERITREA

Ancient link with Ethiopia

The early kingdom of Aksum, in Tigre in the highlands of northern Ethiopia, is a part of both Eritrean as Ethiopian history. Its founders, crossing from Saba in Arabia, make their way through the coastal plain of Eritrea...