*For some reason, I erroneously call Haggai Erlich ‘Haggai Elrich’ in this video. Should not be a problem in the future.
*For some reason, I also call Lake Asangi ‘Lake Asagi’. Whoops.
The 1880s were a difficult decade for Yohannes and those nobles who ruled the northern part of the empire. Change was evermore rapid, and the decade would bring perhaps one of the most dangerous enemies of the 19th Century: Italy. The first battle of the Italo-Ethiopian War, according to some historians, is about to be fought.
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UNESCO General History of Africa
Cambridge History of Africa
Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia
Italian Imperialism in Its Ethiopian Context
Armies of the Adwa Campaign – Sean McLachlan.pdf
A History of Ethiopia
Layers of Time
A History of Ethiopia
Encylopedia of African Colonial Conflicts
The Twentieth Century – Nineteenth Century and After Limited.
The Battle of Adwa – Raymond Jonas
CONFLICT AND CO-OPERATION BETWEEN ETHIOPIA AND THE MAHDIST STATE, 1884-1898
A political biography of Ras Alula