Menelik II's conquests
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Menelik II's conquests
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Menelik II's conquests, also known as the Agar Maqnat, were a series of expansionist wars and conquests carried out by Emperor Menelik II of Shewa to expand the Ethiopian Empire. In 1866 Menelik II became the king of Shewa, and in 1878 began a series of wars to conquer land for the Ethiopian Empire and to increase Shewan supremacy within Ethiopia. This was carried out predominantly with soldiers from the Amhara people of Shewa. Menelik is viewed as the founder of modern Ethiopia as a result of t
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1878–1904 series of conquests and annexations by Ethiopian emperor Menelik II
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menelik_II%27s_conquests
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2022-04-02T08:01:27Z
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2024-09-06T16:43:58Z
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