Volume III · The Houses
Ethiopian Empire
Long-lived Christian empire in the Horn of Africa (traditionally traced to 1270 under the Solomonic dynasty)
Engagements recorded here: 1896. This is a span of records, not the lifetime of this house.
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01The people in the record
People named in this entry
02At its height
Reign of Menelik II (1889-1913), with the Adwa victory and territorial expansion
Territory in the record
Roughly the modern borders of Ethiopia after Menelik's expansion
03What became of it
Continued as an empire until the deposition of Haile Selassie in 1974; uniquely avoided sustained European colonization
04What remained
Symbol of African independence after defeating Italy at Adwa in 1896; an enduring center of Christian and imperial tradition in Africa
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