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Colonial Powers and Ethiopian Frontiers 1880-1884

Sven Rubenson, Amsalu Aklilu, Shiferaw Bekele, Samuel Rubenson (ed.) | Colonial Powers and Ethiopian Frontiers 1880-1884 | Acta Aethiopica | 2021

Colonial powers and Ethiopian frontiers 1880-1884 is the fourth volume of Acta Aethiopica, a series that presents original Ethiopian documents of nineteenth-century Ethiopian history with English translations and scholarly notes. The documents have been collected from dozens of ...

Internal rivalries and foreign threats 1869-1879

Sven Rubenson, Amsalu Aklilu, Merid Welde Aregay, Samuel Rubenson (ed.) | Internal rivalries and foreign threats 1869-1879. Acta Æthiopica. Vol. 3 | Acta Aethiopica | 2000

Volume three with 235 documents was published in 2000 with the title Internal Rivalries and Foreign Threats 1869-1879. The volume documents the internal power struggle after the death of Tewodros resulting in the establishment of a growing base of power in the south with far reaching ...

Tewodros and his contemporaries 1855-1868

Sven Rubenson (ed.) | Tewodros and his contemporaries 1855-1868 | Acta Aethiopica 2 | 1994

Volume two with 250 documents was published in 1994 with the title Tewodros and hos Contemporaries 1855-1868. It covers the reign of emperor Tewodros, who established a unified rule putting and end to what is known as the era of the princes. He is known for his attempts to modernize ...

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Correspondence and treaties, 1800-1854

Sven Rubenson (ed.) | Correspondence and treaties, 1800-1854 | Acta Aethiopica 1 | 1987

Volume one with 190 documents was published in 1987 with the title Correspondence and Treaties 1800-1854. The rather limited number of letters by Ethiopian rulers, mainly written to Egyptian officials and representatives of European powers, are supplemented with a large number of more ...