Menelik II's conquests
1878–1904 series of conquests and annexations by Ethiopian emperor Menelik II / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Menelik's conquests, also known as the Agar Maqnat (Amharic: አገር ማቅናት, romanized: ʾägär maqnat, lit. 'colonization, cultivation and christianization of land'),[3] were a series of wars and conquests carried out by Menelik II of Shewa to expand the Ethiopian Empire.[4]
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Menelik II Ras Gobana Dacche Habte Giyorgis Dinagde Darge Sahle Selassie Tessema Nadew Welde Giyorgis Aboye Ras Makonnen |
Amir Abdullahi II Gaki Sherocho Kawo Tona Gaga Hassan Enjamo Mohammed Hassan and others... |
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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.[5] He did this with the help of Ras Gobena's Shewan Oromo militia, who did most of the southern expansion[6][7] and his son, Makonnen Wolde Mikael, who is known for his Battle of Chelenqo, afterwards which he incorporated Harar into Ethiopia.[8] He is viewed as the founder of modern Ethiopia.[9][10]