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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... Tewodros II (1855—68) The Reign of Emperor Yohannis IV (1872—89) The Reign of Emperor Menilek II (1889—1913) Succession to Menilek The First Part of the Reign of Emperor Haile SelassieI (1930—35) The Italian Occupation of Ethiopia (1935 ...
... Tewodros II (1855—68) The Reign of Emperor Yohannis IV (1872—89) The Reign of Emperor Menilek II (1889—1913) Succession to Menilek The First Part of the Reign of Emperor Haile SelassieI (1930—35) The Italian Occupation of Ethiopia (1935 ...
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... Tewodros. Their submission confirmed Emperor Tewodros's suspicion of their plan to import a foreign legion. Tewodros reacted decisively by placing the prelates under house arrest.11 This is an incident which shows where the prelate's ...
... Tewodros. Their submission confirmed Emperor Tewodros's suspicion of their plan to import a foreign legion. Tewodros reacted decisively by placing the prelates under house arrest.11 This is an incident which shows where the prelate's ...
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... Tewodros issued an edict that made Kara or Tewahido as the doctrinal basis of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Ethiopia, during the Zemene Mesafint, ceased to exist as one strong polity until the rise of Tewodros. The monarch was reduced ...
... Tewodros issued an edict that made Kara or Tewahido as the doctrinal basis of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Ethiopia, during the Zemene Mesafint, ceased to exist as one strong polity until the rise of Tewodros. The monarch was reduced ...
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... Tewodros, took place. The Reign of Emperor Tewodros II (1855—68) The rise of Tewodros was a turning point in the history of Ethiopia. Tewodros, before his accession to the throne, was known under the name Kassa Hailu. Kassa, who rose to ...
... Tewodros, took place. The Reign of Emperor Tewodros II (1855—68) The rise of Tewodros was a turning point in the history of Ethiopia. Tewodros, before his accession to the throne, was known under the name Kassa Hailu. Kassa, who rose to ...
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... Tewodros. Tewodros, having accomplished his primary plan of dismantling the establishment by eliminating war-lords who were responsible for the fragmentation of the state, had to face the difficult task of reconstructing a unified ...
... Tewodros. Tewodros, having accomplished his primary plan of dismantling the establishment by eliminating war-lords who were responsible for the fragmentation of the state, had to face the difficult task of reconstructing a unified ...
Contents
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Chapter 2 The Price of Modernisation | 54 |
Chapter 3 From an Absolute Monarchy to a Military Dictatorship | 86 |
Chapter 4 Critical Stage of the Revolution | 147 |
Chapter 5 Major Political Developments of the Revolution | 229 |
Chapter 6 The Peoples Democratic Republic of Ethiopia | 274 |
Bibliography | 331 |
Index | 339 |
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Abune Addis Ababa Aksumite Aksumite Kingdom Amharic Armed Forces army Asmera associations benefit cabinet campaign CELU Central Committee Chairman Mengistu Co-ordinating Committee Commander commission conflict congress COPWE Council of Ministers declaration defence defined delegation Dergue Dergue’s draft economic elected emperor EPLF EPRDF EPRP Eritrea Ethiopia Tikdem Ethiopian Government Ethiopian Herald Ethiopian Orthodox Church Ethiopian revolution execution financial first foreign government’s Haile Selassie ibid Imperial implementation influence institutions issued Italian Italy king Labour land leadership London major Marxist-Leninist mass organisations Massawa MEISON Mengistu Haile Mariam Menilek ment military Ministry National Shengo nationalisation office officers officials Ogaden participate Party of Ethiopia PDRE Peace Talks peasants People’s Democratic PMAC Politburo political POMOA President Prime Minister Proclamation programme reform regime Revolutionary sector Shewa significant social socialist countries Somalia Sudan Teferri territorial Tesfaye Tewodros Tigray TPLF unity vanguard party Wollo workers Yohannis