Download or read book Bitweded Alfred Ilg and Emperor Menilek II written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Alfred Ilg written by Elisabeth Biasio and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Battle of Adwa written by Raymond Jonas and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In March 1896 a well-disciplined and massive Ethiopian army did the unthinkable-it routed an invading Italian force and brought Italy's war of conquest in Africa to an end. In an age of relentless European expansion, Ethiopia had successfully defended its independence and cast doubt upon an unshakable certainty of the age-that sooner or later all Africans would fall under the rule of Europeans. This event opened a breach that would lead, in the aftermath of world war fifty years later, to the continent's painful struggle for freedom from colonial rule. Raymond Jonas offers the first comprehensive account of this singular episode in modern world history. The narrative is peopled by the ambitious and vain, the creative and the coarse, across Africa, Europe, and the Americas-personalities like Menelik, a biblically inspired provincial monarch who consolidated Ethiopia's throne; Taytu, his quick-witted and aggressive wife; and the Swiss engineer Alfred Ilg, the emperor's close advisor. The Ethiopians' brilliant gamesmanship and savvy public relations campaign helped roll back the Europeanization of Africa. Figures throughout the African diaspora immediately grasped the significance of Adwa, Menelik, and an independent Ethiopia. Writing deftly from a transnational perspective, Jonas puts Adwa in the context of manifest destiny and Jim Crow, signaling a challenge to the very concept of white dominance. By reopening seemingly settled questions of race and empire, the Battle of Adwa was thus a harbinger of the global, unsettled century about to unfold.

Download or read book Armies of the Adowa Campaign 1896 written by Sean McLachlan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 19th century, the new nation-state of Italy was eager to join her European neighbours in creating an international empire, and her eyes turned toward Africa as a source of potential colonies. Securing a foothold in Eritrea on the Red Sea coast, the Italians quickly became embroiled in a shooting war with the Ethiopians. The war proved a disaster for the Italians, who suffered three major defeats against the forces of Emperor Menelik's army, including a horrendous massacre at Adowa, the largest defeat of a colonial army prior to World War I. This book looks at the campaign with an emphasis on the colourful uniforms worn by both sides.

Download or read book Ethiopia Photographed written by Richard Pankhurst and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the very successful Ethiopia Engraved, an illustrated book of engravings by foreign travellers from 1681 to 1900, Ethiopia Photographed covers the period from the inception of photography in the country up to the Italian Fascist invasion in 1936. The people, terrain, buildings and rulers of Ethiopia - such as Emperor Melenik, Lej Iyasu and Emperor Haile Selassie - make it a highly photogenic country, as this lavishly illustrated book reveals. Situated in lofty, often inaccessible mountains between the Red Sea and the Blue Nile, and extending far into the Horn of Africa, it is a complex and mysterious country which as always exercised an extraordinary fascination for the outside world. The book begins with an introduction which gives a brief history of Ethiopia in this period, and describes the role of photography at this time. The richly captured images of Ethiopia Photographed bear witness to many personalities and places not previously seen and, in many cases, now lost for all time but for the photogenic memories recorded here.

Download or read book Travellers in Ethiopia written by Richard Pankhurst and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of passages by foreign travelers in Ethiopia over almost two thousand years.

Download or read book Proceedings of the XVth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies Hamburg July 20 25 2003 written by Siegbert Uhlig and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 2006 with total page 1140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The XVth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies took place in Hamburg in July 2003. More than 400 scientists from over 25 countries participated. 130 contributions from the program were selected for this volume. They are mostly written in English and deal on the regions of Ethiopia and Eritrea and cover the span from the 4th Century to the present. The volume is divided into the following chapters: Anthropology (20 Articles), History (25), Arts (10), Literature and Philology (10), Religion (5), Languages and Linguistics (25), Law and Politics (10), Environmental, Economic and Educational Issues (10).

Download or read book The Life and Times of Menelik II written by Harold G. Marcus and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book written by Gebre-Igziabiher Elyas and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ethiopia and Austria written by Bairu Tafla and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 1994 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Empreintes Du Temps written by Serge Tornay and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Les Empreintes du temps sont la première publication exhaustive d'une collection de sceaux éthiopiens encore inconnue il y a quatre ans. L'événement est une aubaine pour les amateurs de sigillographie comme pour les historiens de l'Éthiopie à l'époque de son entrée dans la modernité. Un signal fort fut donné à l'Occident par le roi des rois Téwodros II, qui, assiégé sur sa forteresse de Mäqdäla par le général Napier venu délivrer manu militari des prisonniers européens, préféra se donner la m.

Download or read book Ethiopia and Germany written by Bairu Tafla and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ethiopia Engraved written by Richard Pankhurst and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1988 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A History of Modern Ethiopia 1855 1974 written by Bahru Zewde and published by London : J. Currey ; Athens : Ohio University Press ; Addis Ababa : Addis Ababa University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ethiopia Through Russian Eyes written by Aleksandr Ksaverʹevich Bulatovich and published by Red Sea Press(NJ). This book was released on 2000 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translated into English by Richard Seltzer, this is a compilation of two books originally published in Russian. The first, From Entotto to the River Baro, was first published in 1897 and consists of two short journals of expeditions in Ethiopia from 1896-1897, plus a series of essays which cover history, culture, beliefs, languages, government, the military and commerce. The second, With the Armies of Menelik II, is a journal of Bulatovich's second trip to Ethiopia from 1887 to 1898, during which time he served as an advisor to the army of Ras Wolde Giyorgis.'

Download or read book Remapping Ethiopia written by Wendy James and published by James Currey. This book was released on 2002 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new volume examines the major changes effected by the socialist regime from the revolution of 1974 to its overthrow in 1991, and then into the current period which has been marked by moves towards local democracy and political devolution. North America: Ohio U Press; Ethiopia: Addis Ababa U Press

Download or read book Ethiopia Reaches Her Hand Unto God written by Gregory R. Copley and published by Defense & Foreign Affairs Part of International Strategic Studies Association. This book was released on 1998 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Copley tells the story of how Ethiopia's unique Imperial symbols and history may hold the key to the country's salvation and influence into the 21st Century, and how these symbols affect the global strategic situation. Important reading for sociologists, psychological and grand strategists, Africa and Mid-East analysts, and those interested in orders, decorations and medals. Unique material and 70+ photographs and illustrations never before published."--Publisher description