history of Ethiopia

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Introduction
From Ethiopia’s prehistory to the Aksumite kingdom
The Zagwe and Solomonic dynasties
Challenge, revival, and decline (16th–19th century)
Emergence of modern Ethiopia (1855–1916)
- Tewodros II (1855–68)
- Yohannes IV (1872–89)
- Menilek II (1889–1913)
- Iyasu (1913–16)
The rise and reign of Haile Selassie I (1916–74)
- Regent and heir apparent
- Emperor
- Conflict with Italy
- Return to power
- Internal conflicts and the fall of the monarchy
Socialist Ethiopia (1974–91)
- Land reform and famine
- Challenges to the regime
Ethiopian transition (1991–95)
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- Political and economic reforms
- War with Eritrea
- Dissent, protests, and increasing oppression
- Winds of change
- Challenges, ethnic tensions, and the Tigrayan conflict
- 2021 elections, Tigrayan rebel advance, and an end to the fighting
- Conflicts in Amhara and Oromia

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obelisk at Aksum

Bete Giyorgis (House of St. George)

Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ghāzī

Fasilides' castle in Gonder

Ethiopia, c. 1902

Imperial partitions of eastern Africa, 1881−1925

Haile Selassie I

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