SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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Marquis d’Azeglio
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Samory Touré
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Menelik II
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Mekatilili
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Detailed explanation-1: -Menelik II began large-scale modernization which included bringing back a national currency, constructing buildings for improved educational facilities and ministries, installing a railway from Djibouti to the new capital of Addis Ababa, and establishing the first telephone and telegraph systems in the Empire.
Detailed explanation-2: -Various kingdoms across Africa attempted to resist European colonization. In Ethiopia, King Menelik II was able to successfully avoid becoming an Italian colony by making an alliance with other local Kingdoms and with Russia.
Detailed explanation-3: -Battle of Adwa, Adwa also spelled Adowa or Italian Adua, (March 1, 1896), military clash at Adwa, in north-central Ethiopia, between the Ethiopian army of Emperor Menilek II and Italian forces.
Detailed explanation-4: -But it is his role in the history of Ethiopia for which Menelik II is most revered to this day, for it was he who defeated a European nation – Italy – on the field of battle, to defend Ethiopian independence.