Menelik II Biography

Menelik II biography

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NAME: Menelik II
OCCUPATION: Emperor
BIRTH DATE: August 17, 1844
DEATH DATE: December 12, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH: Ankober, Ethiopia
PLACE OF DEATH: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Originally: Sahle Miriam

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Menelik II was king of Shewa and emperor of Ethiopia (1889). He expanded the empire, repelled an Italian invasion, and modernized Ethiopia.

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Menelik II was born on August 17, 1844 in Ankober, Shewa, Ethiopia. He was king of Shewa 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 at the great the Battle of Adwa, and carried out a wide-ranging program of modernization. He died in 1913.