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It has been hypothesized that Punt was a kingdom in the Horn of Africa, based on archaeological findings of Egyptian mummified baboons in modern-day Ethiopia, [18] and caves in Somaliland dating back to around the time of Punt.
In 1941, the British army and the Ethiopian Arbegnoch movement liberated Ethiopia in the East African Campaign, resulted in recognition of Ethiopia's sovereignty by the British under the 1944 Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement, though some regions were briefly administered by the British, no more than 10 years. In 1947, Italy recognized Ethiopia's ...
This is a list of conflicts in Ethiopia arranged chronologically from medieval to modern times. This list includes both nationwide and international types of war, including (but not limited to) the following: wars of independence , liberation wars , colonial wars , undeclared wars , proxy wars , territorial disputes , and world wars .
This is a list of wars involving the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (modern-day Ethiopia) and its predecessor states. Ethiopian Empire (1270–1975)
There were many kingdoms and empires in all regions of the continent of Africa throughout history. A kingdom is a state with a king or queen as its head. [1] An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant centre and subordinate peripheries".
Ethiopia is a global centre of avian diversity. To date more than 856 bird species have been recorded in Ethiopia, twenty of which are endemic to the country. [175] Sixteen species are endangered or critically endangered. Many of these birds feed on butterflies, like the Bicyclus anynana. [176] [full citation needed]
The war of conquest has been described by Bahru Zewde as "one of the bloodiest campaigns of the whole period of expansion", and Wolayta oral tradition holds that 118,000 Welayta and 90,000 Shewan troops died in the fighting. [56] Kawo (King) Tona Gaga, the last king of Welayta, was defeated and Welayta conquered in 1895. Welayta was then ...
The governor of Tigray, Sabagadis Woldu, sought British support, however the British were not interested in a permanent foothold in Ethiopia. Sabagadis was then defeated and killed by the lord of Semien, Wube Haile Maryam, who conquered Tigray and then imported firearms from European arms dealers. With the establishment of the arms trade in ...