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Tewodros II ( Ge'ez: ዳግማዊ ቴዎድሮስ, once referred to by the English cognate Theodore; baptized as Kassa, c. 1818 – 13 April 1868) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1855 until his death in 1868. His rule is often placed as the beginning of modern Ethiopia and brought an end to the decentralized Zemene Mesafint (Era of the Princes).
Tewodros II (born c. 1818—died April 13, 1868, Magdela, Ethiopia) was the emperor of Ethiopia (1855–68) who has been called Ethiopia’s first modern ruler. Not only did he reunify the various Ethiopian kingdoms into one empire, but he also attempted to focus loyalty around the government rather than the Ethiopian church, which he sought to ...
Tewodros II. Tewodros II was born Kassa Hailu sometime around 1818. His father, Hailu Welde Giyorigis, was the ruler of Qwara district, located on the Ethiopian-Sudanese border. His military experience started when he served in his half brother’s army (Prouty and Rosenfeld 1982, 71).
Jun 27, 2018 · Tewodros II (1820-1868), also called Theodore II, was a visionary emperor of Ethiopia who tried unsuccessfully to reconstitute and modernize traditional institutions by emulating European technological achievements.
Aug 11, 2017 · An article that examines the foreign policy of Theodore II, the nineteenth-century emperor of Ethiopia, who tried to modernize his country and resist European imperialism. It discusses his background, aims, methods, achievements and challenges in his relations with Britain, France, Egypt and other powers.
Introductory Remarks. The history of Ethiopia written by Aleqa ("scholar, expert, or head of a main church") Tekle-ïyesus (better known as Aleqa Teklé) was written over a period of eleven years, while the author traveled all over Ethiopia to collect materials from written and oral sources.
Tewodros II ( Ge'ez: ዳግማዊ ቴዎድሮስ, once referred to by the English cognate Theodore; baptized as Kassa, c. 1818 – 13 April 1868) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1855 until his death in 1868. His rule is often placed as the beginning of modern Ethiopia and brought an end to the decentralized Zemene Mesafint (Era of the Princes).
