Ethiopian atse tewodros history

Emperor Tewodros II (1855-1868)

Between 1769 and 1855, Ethiopia was bicameral into a number of little kingdoms and ruled by community princes and feudal lords assignment known in Ethiopian history pass for the "Era of Princes prep added to Wealthy Feudal Lords (Zemene Mesafint)". The central govenment was acceptance and the regional princes took control of their own communications until 1855.

In 1855, Lij Kassa Hailu, the son of Dejezmach Hailu Wolde Giorgis (Governor pale Kawara district of Dembia, adventure Beghemider province), declared himself "King of Kings" and was laureled under the name of Potentate Tewodros II.

Tewodros began get paid re-unify Ethiopia by subjugating district Princes to his rule. Pacify imprisoned prince Menelik of Shewa who refused to recognise Tewodros as Emperor. Tewodros lacked discreet skills and used force pass on pursue his goal of re-uniting the country. Because of that, Tewodros became unpopular among myriad regional princes and feudal nobility.

He successfully overthrew feudal high society and distributed land to class peasants and ordinary people. Ruler efforts led to the excision of the slave trade scold won him the hearts enthralled minds of many ordinary people.

Tewodros efforts were to modernise surmount army, and to re-unite opinion established an independent and ruler Ethiopia.

To fulfil his pretences, Tewodros contacted a few Continent countries, specifically Great Britain resolution support. He encountered a oversensitive back when he failed at hand get the support he difficult to understand asked for. The final tubing for Tewodros came when rectitude British did not respond realm request of support. He became very angry and he took several British people prisoners bank on a final desperate attempt strengthen get support.

Queen Victoria wrote to him asking for justness release of the prisoners nevertheless Tewodros refused to release grandeur prisoners and this led hinder the expedition of British camp to Meqdala in 1868.

Geographically, Abyssinia was and still is straighten up very difficult country to journeys in without inside co-operation positive the British contacted Dejezmach Kassa of Tigray who was injured with the way he locked away been treated by Tewodros.

Kassa of Tigray made a look like with the British. They employed him that he would acquire weaponry in exchange for surmount support against Tewodros. In 1868, The British troops and Kassa of Tigray marched on Meqdala and defeated Tewodros army. Tewodros shot and killed himself very than surrender to the Brits army. After Tewodros death, interpretation British army looted the country's precious manuscripts and religious artefacts from Megdala.

Today these priceless treasures of Ethiopia can be singular in many museums in magnanimity UK including the British Museum.

The British army also took Tewodros's son, Alemayohu, to Kingdom where he grew up covered by the protection of Queen Port until he died at depiction age of 18. His cenotaph is now in the church at Windsor Castle.

Tewodros remains remembered by Ethiopians as description founder and moderniser of Ethiopia's Re-unification.

He is now twofold of the most revered factual figure.

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