Ellis’ dream of wresting power from the emperor was but one small moment in his boundary-breaking life. Eulogized as a ...

Menelik II- illustration, 1906. Pictured with his palace in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. From Liebig collectible card (French ...

Ethiopia did what no other African country had done—it stopped a European power in its tracks. The Battle of Adwa, as ...

But Ethiopia stood firm, defeating Italy at the Battle of Adwa in 1896. Emperor Menelik II led his army to a decisive victory, forcing Italy to recognise Ethiopia's sovereignty. However ...

Loomis was authorized to present a treaty to Menelik II, the emperor of Ethiopia, then known as Abyssinia. Ellis was not. By the time the ship touched down on the other side of the Atlantic ...