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Treaty with Menelik Ratified. - The New York Times
WASHINGTON, March 12.- The Senate to-day ratified the treaty between the United States and Ethiopia, which was negotiated by Menelik II., “King of Kings of Ethiopia,” and Robert P. Skinner ...
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In 1904, Theodore Roosevelt Won a Presidential Election…And a Pair of Ostriches | Smithsonian Voices | National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Magazine
The animals, which hailed from the Horn of Africa, were a gift from King Menelik II, the emperor of Abyssinia (present day Ethiopia). Menelik had sent them to president Roosevelt on the eve of his ...
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Chronique du règne de Ménélik II, roi des rois d'Éthiopie; traduite de lʹamharique par Tèsfa Sellassié; publiée et annotée par Maurice de Coppet - Smithsonian Institution
Menelik II Negus of Ethiopia 1844-1913 Notes Bibliography: v. 2, p. [633]-710. AFA copy Purchased from the Warren M. Robbins Library Endowment. Date 1930 1931 1930-1931 ... CHRONIQUE DU RÈGNE DE ...
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KING MENELIK HAS INVESTMENTS HERE; Abyssinia's Ruler Said to be a Heavy Buyer of American Railway Stocks. HAS AIDED HIS PEOPLE Remarkable Progress During His Reign -- Baron de ...
When Menelik was crowned Emperor of Ethiopia on Nov. 4, 1889, after King Johanne's death, he was far from being the accepted ruler of all the States which constitute the Abyssinian empire.
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Born Enslaved, This Black Millionaire Attempted to Colonize Mexico and Aspired to Be the Emperor of Ethiopia - Smithsonian Magazine
Menelik II of Ethiopia Public domain via Wikimedia Commons. Even Menelik’s death in 1913 didn’t dissuade Ellis from his plan “to end his days on his Abyssinian possessions,” as a ...