The Life and Times of Menelik II: Ethiopia 1844-1913 |
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... Tigrean political and cultural hegemony . This done , he turned his attention to the dignified survival of the empire's independence . Menelik tried to escape the Treaty of Wichale . He approached the French , who were ambivalent ...
... Tigrean political and cultural hegemony . This done , he turned his attention to the dignified survival of the empire's independence . Menelik tried to escape the Treaty of Wichale . He approached the French , who were ambivalent ...
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... Tigreans , who also were to be isolated in their own camp . Mengesha arrived on 2 June 1894 , and was received en route to the capital by detachments of the imperial army . The Tigrean soldiers halted about one kilometre from the palace ...
... Tigreans , who also were to be isolated in their own camp . Mengesha arrived on 2 June 1894 , and was received en route to the capital by detachments of the imperial army . The Tigrean soldiers halted about one kilometre from the palace ...
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... Tigrean chiefs might be counted on to side with a compatriot in any conflict with the Shoans . In exchange for their loyalty , Taitu may have promised that if she were successful she would release Dajatch Gugsa , Yohannes's grandson ...
... Tigrean chiefs might be counted on to side with a compatriot in any conflict with the Shoans . In exchange for their loyalty , Taitu may have promised that if she were successful she would release Dajatch Gugsa , Yohannes's grandson ...
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