| Olympic finals | - 1996 Atlanta
- 10,000 m, Gold
- 2000 Sydney
- 10,000 m, Gold
- 2004 Athens
- 10,000 m, 5th
- 2008 Beijing
- 10,000 m, 6th
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| World finals | - 1993 Stuttgart
- 5000 m, Silver
- 10,000 m, Gold
- 1995 Gothenburg
- 10,000 m, Gold
- 1997 Athen
 • Haile Selassie: His Rise, His Fall 1626377545, 9781626377547, 2018026431, 2018030584, 9781626377639Citation preview
Ha ile Selass ie
Ha ile Selass ie His Rise, His Fall
~ Haggai Erlich
b o u l d e r l o n d o n
Published in the United States of America in 2019 by Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. 1800 30th Street, Boulder, Colorado 80301 www.rienner.com
and in the United Kingdom by Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. Gray’s Inn House, 127 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1 5DB
„ 2019 by Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Erlich, Haggai, author. Title: Haile Selassie : his rise, his fall / Haggai Erlich. Description: Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018026431 (print) | LCCN 2018030584 (ebook) | ISBN 9781626377639 (ebook) | ISBN 9781626377547 (hardcover : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892–1975. | Ethiopia—Kings and rulers—Biography. Classification: LCC DT387.7 (ebook) | LCC DT387.7 .E75 2018 (print) | DDC 963/.06092 [B] —dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018026431 British Cataloguing in Publication Data A Cataloguing in Publication record for this book is availa • Tewodros IIEmperor of Ethiopia from 1855 to 1868 For the Coptic Pope, see Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria. Tewodros II (Ge'ez: ዳግማዊ ቴዎድሮስ, once referred to by the English cognate Theodore; baptized as Kassa, c. 1818 – 13 April 1868) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1855 until his death in 1868. His rule is often placed as the beginning of modern Ethiopia and brought an end to the decentralized Zemene Mesafint (Era of the Princes).[1] Although Tewodros II's origins were in the Era of the Princes, his ambitions were not those of the regional nobility. He sought to re-establish a cohesive Ethiopian state and to reform its administration and church. Tewodros II's first task after having reunited the other provinces was to bring Shewa under his control. During the Era of the Princes, Shewa was, even more than most provinces, an independent entity, its ruler even styling himself Negus, the title for King. In the course of subduing the Shewans, Tewodros took with him a Shewan prince, Sahle Maryam, who he brought up as his own son, who would later become Emperor (or Atse) himself as Menelik II. Despite his success against Shewa, Tewodros faced constant rebellions by nobles in other regions resisting modernization.[2][3] He ultimately commi
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