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Sunday, June 20, 2021

Basic timeline of Ethiopia

This post is a basic timeline of Ethiopia. There are 28 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• First humans (195,000 years ago)
• Aksum kingdom (800 BC - 960 AD)
• D'mt kingdom (960 BC - 400 BC)
• Zagwe dynasty (900 AD -1137 AD)
• Ethiopian Empire (1270-1974)
• Adal Sultanate (1415-1577)
• Ethiopian-Adal War (1529-1543)
• Sultanate of Aussa (1734-1936)
• Tewodros II unites Ethiopia (1855)
• Ethiopian-Egyptian War (1874-1876)
• First Italo-Ethiopia War (1894-1896)
• Italy recognizes Ethiopian independence (1896)
• Italy reoccupies Ethiopia (1935-1941)
• Battle of Adwa (1936)
• Italian guerrilla war in Ethiopia (1941-1943)
• Eritrean War of Independence (1961-1991)
• Oromo Liberation Front (1973 - now)
• Haile Selassie overthrown (1974)
• Derg military control (1974-1987)
• Ethiopian Civil War (1974-1991)
• Tigray People's Liberation Front (1975-2021)
• Ethiopian Red Terror (1976-1977)
• Ethio-Somali War (1977-1978)
• Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (1988-2019)
• Transitional Government of Ethiopia (1991-1995)
• Constitution of Ethiopia (1995)
• Meles Zenawi is Prime Minister (1995-2012)
• Peace agreement signed with Eritrea (2018)
• Tigray War (2020 - now)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Ethiopia at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Ethiopia.)