He ascended to the throne in [*] 1889, signing a treaty with Italy and dedicating himself to the modernization of his empire.
The son of the King of Shewa, his forefathers claimed to have been from the Solomonid dynasty. He ascended to the throne in [*] 1889, signing a treaty with Italy and dedicating himself to the modernization of his empire. For 10 points—name this emperor of Abysinnia from 1889 to 1914, born Sahle Mariam, who defeated an Italian invasion force at Adawa in 1896.
The son of the King of Shewa, his forefathers claimed to have been from the Solomonid dynasty.
Menelik II or Menilek II or Negus Negusti [accept Sahle Mariam on early buzz]