WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Ethiopia Is one of the oldest countries in the world that managed to remain uncolonized by Europeans between 1880 and 1914 when European powers competed to invade and colonize the African continent.

Detailed explanation-2: -While the buildup took centuries, the European conquest of Africa was over in a lightning fast 15 years. At its end, there were only two African states remaining: Ethiopia and Liberia.

Detailed explanation-3: -Yohannes IV (1872–1889) Ethiopia was never colonized by a European power, but was occupied by Italians in 1936 (see below); however, several colonial powers had interests and designs on Ethiopia in the context of the 19th-century “Scramble for Africa."

Detailed explanation-4: -Ethiopia was able to negotiate alliances with the surrounding North African kingdoms and Russia, allowing it to be the only country in Africa to successfully withstand European colonialism.

Detailed explanation-5: -Italy’s invasion and occupation of Ethiopia beginning in 1935-including Ethiopia’s annexation and incorporation into Italian East Africa in 1936-marked the last chapter in Italian colonial history.