Menelik | search
Click here to view Menelik news from 60+ newspapers.
Bookmark or Share- Menilek II | Ethiopia, Contributions, Significance, & Emperor ...Menilek II (Menelik II), king of Shewa (Shoa; 1865–89) and emperor of Ethiopia (1889–1913). One of Ethiopia’s greatest rulers, he expanded the empire almost to its present-day borders, repelled an Italian invasion in the Battle of Adwa (1896), and carried out a wide-ranging program of modernization.
- Emperor Menelik II (Sahle Miriam) (1844-1913) - BlackpastEmperor Menelik II was one of Ethiopia’s greatest leaders, ruling as King and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to 1913. He was born Sahle Miriam on August 17, 1884, in Ankober, Shewa, Ethiopia. His mother, Woizero Ejigayehu Lemma Adyamo, was a palace servant, and his father was Prince Haile-Melekot, Son of King Sahle Selassie.
- Menelik II - WikipediaMenelik II (Ge'ez: ዳግማዊ ምኒልክ dagmawi mənilək [nb 1]; horse name Aba Dagnew (Amharic: አባ ዳኘው abba daññäw); 17 August 1844 – 12 December 1913), baptised as Sahle Maryam (ሣህለ ማርያም sahlä maryam) was king of Shewa from 1866 to 1889 and Emperor of Ethiopia [nb 2] from 1889 to his death
- Menelik I - WikipediaMenelik I (Ge'ez: ምኒልክ, Mənilək) was the legendary first Emperor of Ethiopia. According to Kebra Nagast, a 14th-century national epic, in the 10th century BC he is said to have inaugurated the Solomonic dynasty of Ethiopia, so named because Menelik I was the son of the biblical King Solomon of ancient Israel and of Makeda, the Queen ...
- Menilek I | legendary emperor of Ethiopia | BritannicaOther articles where Menilek I is discussed: Aksum: …Jerusalem to Aksum by King Menilek I, legendary son of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba (Makeda). According to tradition, the Church of St. Mary of Zion contains the Ark of the Covenant. Over the centuries, however, the church has been destroyed and rebuilt several times; the present structure dates…
More
