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Africa News Online # Ethiopia - Major newsfeed source. Links to current stories in the regional and international press. Updated frequently.
Africa News Online # Eritrea - Major newsfeed source. Links to current stories in the regional and international press. Updated frequently.
Ethiopia History - Brief coverage of ancient history but has detailed material on Ethiopian History in the last 200 years.
Haile Selassie - Haile Sellassie's brief biography, activities before kingship, modernization work, involvement with League of Nations, Italo-Ethiopian War, new constitution, attempted coup of 1960, conditions leading to coup of 1974, and end of his reign leading to his death.
Ethiopia - National Bank of Ethiopia - History of financial Institutions in Ethiopia; about the Ethiopian Institute of Banking and Insurance (EIBI); and results of weekly auctions of foreign exchange.
OneWorld: Eritrea - News articles from international sources.
Yahoo Full Coverage # Ethiopia And Eritrea - Links to current stories.
Zamana Masafent - Discusses the source of this dark age of Ethiopian history, what impacts this period had on the political and social process of Ethiopia.
Lalibela - History, legends, and rock hewn churches of Lalibela.
Yahoo Full Coverage # Horn of Africa Famine - Links to current stories.
Encarta Africana - Ethiopia - Prehistory, Early History, Invasions and Disorder, and Piecemeal Modernization and the Struggle against Colonialism.
Aksum - An African Civilisation of Late Antiquity - History of the Aksumite Kingdom
The Aksumite State from Country Study - The Kingdom of Aksum's height of power, rule over Meroe and southern Arabia, literature, architecture, and coins of Aksum, and establishment of Christianity.
Imperial Ethiopia - Information site of the Crown Council of Ethiopia, Ethiopic history, traditions, and culture.
Operation Abie - Jewish Agency for Israel humanitarian effort for famine relief in Ethiopia.
Conflict Between Ethiopia and Eritrea - Explains the historical motives of the war and offers links for background information.
North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry - Campaigns for the welfare of the Ethiopian Jewish community.
University of San Diego History Department - Ethiopia - Chronologically lists events relating the world to the Italo-Ethiopian War.
Haile Sellassie Family - HIM Haile Sellassie; history, life, past and present.
Nineteenth and twentieth century - A Collection of Essays by Dr. Richard Pankhurst
Menelik II - Emperor of Ethiopia (1844-1913) - Menelik's modernization, the Treaty of Wuchale which led to war with Italy.
Haile Selassie - Discusses Haile Selassie's strong hold on his kingdom, his reforms for the future, especially about roads, his methods of opening the Ethiopian economy to the world, and change from Maria Theresa dollar to paper currency and coins issued by the Bank of Ethiopia.
Addis Ababa - History of Ethiopian urbanization and founding of Addis Ababa.
Images from World History - Ancient Horn of Africa: Axum (Aksum)
Timeline Part: 1853-1882 - Conflict in late 19th century Ethiopia.
Ethiopia's Decisive Victory at Adowa. - Italian General Oreste Baratieri knew he was outnumbered. But he seriously underestimated his Ethiopian opponents--and overestimated the merits of his own battle plan.
Ethiopia & Eritrea Returned Peace Corps Volunteers - An association of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who have served in Ethiopia and Eritrea
Christian History of Ethiopia - the coming of the Falashas, how Ethiopia became christianized, Aksumites, Zagwes and their rock-hewn churches, legend of Prester John, restoration of the Solomonic dynasty, European fascination with Ethiopian Christians, struggle with Islam, and Zamena Mesafint.
Ethiopia - Summary of History - The Aksumite kingdom, rise of Islam, Zagwe Dynasty, the Middle Era, the Zemena Mesafent, creation of modern Ethiopia, and recent history.
Gondar the Camelot of Ethiopia - Legends associated with Gondar, comparisons to Camelot, description of its castles, Fasiladas and other rulers of the Gondar Period, and medieval paintings. Also has pictures of castles and paintings.
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