Empress Taytu and Menilek II: Ethiopia 1883-1910

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Title:	Empress Taytu and Menilek II: Ethiopia 1883-1910
Author:	Prouty, Chris
Year:	1986
Pages:	409
Language:	English
City of publisher:	London
Publisher:	Ravens Educational & Development Services
ISBN:	0947895019; 0932415105; 0932415113
Geographic term:	Ethiopia
Subject:	heads of State
About persons:	Empress Taytu (1840-1918) Menelik II, emperor of Ethiopia (1844-1913)
Abstract:	This book sets out the diplomatic and internal manoeuvring and life at the court in Ethiopia between the years 1883 and 1910. Contents: 1. Taytu's fifth husband: Menilek, King of Shewa - 2. The background of Taytu Betul Hayle Maryam - 3. King Menilek and Queen Taytu, 1883-9 - 4. A queen becomes empress - 5. Taytu and the Treaty of Wuchale - 6. Four years of famine; Mengesha Yohannes of Tigray submits - 7. The Russians are coming - 8. War with Italy: Amba Alage, Meqelle, Adwa - 9. Peace negotiations; prisoners of war; the Russian Red Cross - 10. Diplomacy: domestic failure and foreign success - 11. The 'end' of Ras Mengesha Yohannes - 12. Political marriage: women's rights; religious law and customary behaviour - 13. 'In Ethiopia they begin to speak by wire' - 14. Jerusalem and Ethiopia - 15. 'People from various nations ... began to come and go' - 16. Should Menilek die ... - 17. Empress Taytu becomes de facto ruler of Ethiopia - 18. The downfall of Empress Taytu - Epilogue.