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Menelik II (17 August 1844 – 12 December 1913) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 until he died in 1913.

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  • Africa 1909, Edward Hertslet (Map of Africa by treaty, 3rd edition)

    After Treaty of Addis Ababa signed in 1896 Europeans recognized sovereignty of Ethiopia, Menelik then finalized signing treaties with Europeans to demarcate the border of modern Ethiopia by 1904

  • Fitawrari Habte Giyorgis

    Habtegyorgis, from the Oromo Speaking Chebo tribe, was the Prime minister & War minister who was the most prominent general during Menelik, Lij Iyasu & Zewditu's reign

  • Dire Dawa-Djibouti train leaving, c. 1912.

    In 1894 Menelik granted a concession for building Ethio-Djibouti Railways

  • Taitu Betul v d

    Taytu Betul, the third wife of Menelik.

  • Emperor of Abyssinia Vanity Fair 1897-07-29

    The emperor caricatured by Glick for Vanity Fair, 1897

  • Minilk

    Portrait of Menelik II.

  • Battle of Adwa tapestry at Smithsonian

    Tapestry of the Battle of Adwa.


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