The Ethiopian Empire (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ንጉሠ ነገሥት መንግሥተ, Mängəstä Ityop'p'ya) also known as Abyssinia, covered a geographical area that the present-day northern half of Ethiopia and Eritrea covers. It existed from approximately 1137 (beginning of Zagwe Dynasty) until 1975 when the monarchy was overthrown in a coup d'etat.
Following the British occupation of Egypt in 1882, it was the only African nation together with Liberia to remain independent during the Scramble for Africa by the European imperial powers in the late 19th century.
Read more about Ethiopian Empire: Aksumite Ethiopia, Ethiopian Dark Ages, Zagwe Dynasty, Solomonid Dynasty, Scramble For Africa and Modernization, Italian Invasion and World War II, Rise of Derg
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