However, the introduction of modern education is a relatively recent development, beginning in the early 20th century. Prior to 1908, the country's educational system was primarily under the control ...

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 ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — From the grand palace he had constructed on a hill overlooking this city 130 years ago, Emperor Menelik II plotted the brutal campaigns that would consolidate all of what ...

Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia did deny his being black. He is repeatedly reported to have said, "I am not a Negro at all; I am a Caucasian." No historian has ever controverted that.

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.

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.

H er Sublime and Imperial Majesty the Empress Zaudita, daughter of the late Emperor Menelik II. conferred last week upon her cousin Ras Tafari, the trusted Regent of her Empire, a potent title ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...