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Empire · approximate1855 – 1900 · 45 years

Ethiopian Empire (Menelik II Expansion)

Overview

The Ethiopian Empire, historically known as Abyssinia, the Abyssinian Empire, or simply Ethiopia, was a country that encompassed the present-day territories of Ethiopia and Eritrea. It existed from the establishment of the Solomonic dynasty by Yekuno Amlak around 1270 until the 1974 coup d'état by the Derg, which ended the reign of the final Emperor, Haile Selassie. In the late 19th century, under Emperor Menelik II, the empire expanded significantly to the south, and in 1952, Eritrea was federated under Selassie's rule. Despite being surrounded by hostile forces throughout much of its history, the empire maintained a kingdom centered on its ancient Christian heritage.

Wikipedia: Ethiopian Empire·CC BY-SA 4.0

Borders & accuracy

Approximate borders

Dashed borders mark empires whose extent we can date but whose precise frontiers are contested or undocumented.

  • SOURCEreconstructed from Natural Earth country boundaries
  • DETAILreconstructed-clipped-country
  • SNAPSHOT1900
  • POLITY TYPEstate

Wars of this empire24

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

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33.0°,3.4° → 48.0°,18.0°WARS-ATLAS / EMPIRE / AFRICA-ETHIOPIAN-EMPIRE-MENELIK

Cite as: Ethiopian Empire (Menelik II Expansion) (1855 – 1900). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/e/africa-ethiopian-empire-menelik · Sources & methodology