Menelik II
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Menelik II, baptised as Sahle Maryam was king of Shewa from 1866 to 1889 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to his death in 1913. At the height of his internal power and external prestige, the process of territorial expansion and creation of the modern empire-state was completed by 1898.
Menelik II
Portrait of Menelik II
Menelik II observes the battle of Adwa against the Italian invasion army in 1896. Le Petit Journal, 1898.
Menelik II in 1899
Shewa
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Shewa, formerly romanized as Shua, Shoa, Showa, Shuwa, is a historical region of Ethiopia which was formerly an autonomous kingdom within the Ethiopian Empire. The modern Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa is located at its center.
Sahle Selassie, king of Shewa from 1813 to 1847