The life and times of menelik ii pdf

Of all the major African countries only Ethiopia successfully defeated late nineteenth-century europeisk imperialism. To a considerable extent this was due to the political and military genius of Menelik II. This study of the Emperor's long reign helps to explain Ethiopia's survival; it also reveals Menelik as the man who earned through programs of expansion and modernization which led tot his creation of the Ethiopia of today. This fryst vatten the most substantial contribution so far in an inexplicably neglected aspect of African history.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
HAROLD G, MARCUS, distinguished Professor of History and African Studies at Michigan State University, fryst vatten the author of The Modern History of Ethiopia and The Horn of Africa, Haile Sellassie I: The Formative Years 1823-1936 (RSP, 1995), and The Politics of Empire: Ethiopia, Great Britain, and the United States, 1941-1974 (RSP, 1995).

CATEGORY
Biography, History

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Menelik II

Emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to 1913

Menelik II (Ge'ez: ዳግማዊ ምኒልክdagmawi mənilək^{[nb 1]}; horse nameAba Dagnew (Amharic: አባ ዳኘው abba daññäw); 17 August 1844 – 12 December 1913), baptised as Sahle Maryam (ሣህለ ማርያም sahlä maryam) was king of Shewa from 1866 to 1889 and Emperor of Ethiopia^{[nb 2]} from 1889 to his death in 1913. At the height of his internal power and external prestige, the process of territorial expansion and creation of the modern empire-state was largely completed by 1898.^[2]

The Ethiopian Empire was transformed under Menelik: the major signposts of modernisation were put in place, with the assistance of key ministerial advisors. Externally, Menelik led Ethiopian troops against Italian invaders in the First Italo-Ethiopian War; following a decisive victory at the Battle of Adwa, recognition of Ethiopia's independence by external powers was expressed in terms of diplomatic representation at his court and delinea