Unlike most of Africa, Ethiopia successfully resisted European colonization, preserving its independence through a mix of ...

Its emperor, Menelik II, was busy introducing “some of the amenities of modern civilization” to the country, including establishing lines of communication with potential allies outside of ...

Meet Menelik II, Civilization 6's new Ethiopia Leader. The civ is all about hill cities, generating faith, and using Menelik’s ability to "boost science and culture" ...

Ethiopia's Imperial Palace: More than a century after it was built by Ethiopia's Emperor Menelik II, the hidden world of Ethiopia's Imperial Palace is being opened to the public for the first time.

A statue was erected to Menelik II in 1930 at Menelik square in Addis Ababa. It was designed and made by German Architect Curtin Specingler and unveiled in 1931.

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 ...

In March 1896, the Ethiopian army, led by Emperor Menelik II, decisively defeated the Italian army near the town of Adwa, in northern Ethiopia, just south of today’s Eritrean border. Jonas tells the ...

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 ...

It was in 1896 that Ethiopian forces led by Emperor Menelik II had defeated an Italian army with better contemporary military technology at the Battle of Adwa. Subsequently, the victorious Emperor had ...