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 ...

06/10/2021 June 10, 2021. Taytu Betul, regarded as one of Ethiopia's greatest leaders, was the wife of Emperor Menelik II. She was instrumental in defeating Italian imperialists and also founded ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...