Ethiopian Revolution 1974-1991: From a Monarchical Autocracy to a Military OligarchyFirst published in 1997. Ethiopia, the only country in Africa to survive the nineteenth-century European scramble for the continent, has a long, unique, and complex history. This stretches back over three million years to Lucy, or as the Ethiopians call her Dinkenesh, the earliest known ancestor of the human race, to the political turmoil of late twentieth-century Africa. Teferra Haile-Selassie writes partly as a historian, but also, and perhaps more importantly, as a sincere and sensitive observer, who lived through the later historical events which he describes, and indeed played a notable role in several of them. |
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... Aksumite royal inscriptions give indications that the kingdom had existed in the era before Christ. Some historians, however, claim that the kingdom was in existence since the sixth century BC. At present, conclusive historical evidence ...
... Aksumite royal inscriptions give indications that the kingdom had existed in the era before Christ. Some historians, however, claim that the kingdom was in existence since the sixth century BC. At present, conclusive historical evidence ...
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... Aksumite Kingdom's influence declined, lost its dominions and even its control over the Red Sea route. A struggle for succession among Ezana's sons was one of the major factors that caused the decline of the kingdom. Furthermore the kingdom ...
... Aksumite Kingdom's influence declined, lost its dominions and even its control over the Red Sea route. A struggle for succession among Ezana's sons was one of the major factors that caused the decline of the kingdom. Furthermore the kingdom ...
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... Aksumite Kingdom began to decline after Kaleb's abdication of his throne in favour of a monastic life. His ... Aksumite Kingdom and the Orthodox Faith. Some historians consider, and rightly so, the rise of Islam as a turning point in the ...
... Aksumite Kingdom began to decline after Kaleb's abdication of his throne in favour of a monastic life. His ... Aksumite Kingdom and the Orthodox Faith. Some historians consider, and rightly so, the rise of Islam as a turning point in the ...
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... Aksumite Kingdom's contact with the Roman Empire.5 From this time on the decline of the Aksumite Kingdom became more visible . In the subsequent period the Red Sea coast , particularly Massawa and the Dahlak islands were lost to the ...
... Aksumite Kingdom's contact with the Roman Empire.5 From this time on the decline of the Aksumite Kingdom became more visible . In the subsequent period the Red Sea coast , particularly Massawa and the Dahlak islands were lost to the ...
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... Aksumite territories and effectively controlled the core regions of the Aksumite Kingdom. The literary renaissance that was begun and flourished during the Zagwe Dynasty reached its climax under the Solomonic Dynasty. Numerous religious ...
... Aksumite territories and effectively controlled the core regions of the Aksumite Kingdom. The literary renaissance that was begun and flourished during the Zagwe Dynasty reached its climax under the Solomonic Dynasty. Numerous religious ...
Contents
The Price of Modernisation | |
Notes | |
Critical Stage of the Revolution | |
Major Political Developments of the Revolution | |
The Peoples Democratic Republic of Ethiopia | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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Abune Addis Ababa administrative regions Africa Aksumite Aksumite Kingdom Amharic anti-revolutionaries Armed Forces army Asmera associations cabinet campaign CELU Central Committee Chairman Mengistu Co-ordinating Committee Colonel Mengistu Commander commission congress COPWE Council of Ministers declaration defence Dejazmach delegation Democratic Dergue draft economic elected emperor EPLF EPRDF EPRP Eritrea Ethiopia Tikdem Ethiopian Government Ethiopian Herald Ethiopian Orthodox Church Ethiopian revolution execution foreign government’s Haile Selassie ibid Imperial implementation institutions issued Italian Italy king Labour land leadership London major Marxist-Leninist mass organisations Massawa MEISON Mengistu Haile Mariam Menilek military Ministry National Shengo nationalisation officers Ogaden participate Party of Ethiopia PDRE Peace Talks peasants People’s PMAC Politburo political POMOA President Prime Minister proclamation programme Provisional reform regime Revolutionary secessionists sector Shewa social socialist countries Somalia Sudan Teferri territorial Tesfaye Tewodros Tigray TPLF unity vanguard party villagisation Wollo workers Yohannis