Want to grasp Ethiopian history in just two images? You could do worse than look at these maps.
One shows the impact of Emperor Menelik II (17 August 1844 – 12 December 1913) and the expansion of Ethiopia after 1886.
The other shows what Benito Mussolini (29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) held in the Horn of Africa after the invasion of Ethiopia in 1935.
Both were imperialists. Perhaps the question is: who had the greatest and most lasting impact on the region?
Martin
Martin Plaut 
Would you be so kind to send me an email with a bigger file of the map with the territories and peoples that Menelik II had overthrown?
Thank you for running this blog.