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Section sizes

Section size for History of Ethiopia (45 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	2,287	2,287
Etymology	5,323	5,323
Antiquity	15	15,956
Land of Punt	4,441	4,441
Pre-Aksumite/D'mt Civilization: The Mai Adrasha Site	967	967
Dʿmt	2,006	2,006
Axum	2,424	8,527
Christianity, Judaism and Islam	6,103	6,103
Middle Ages	54	21,299
Zagwe dynasty	2,893	6,564
Foreign affairs	3,671	3,671
Early Solomonic period (1270–16th century)	5,900	5,900
Relations with Europe and "Prester John"	4,267	4,267
The Ethiopian-Adal War (1529–1543)	2,523	2,523
Oromo Expansion	1,991	1,991
Early modern period	27	10,606
Gondarine period (1632–1769)	3,769	3,769
Aussa Sultanate	872	872
Zemene Mesafint	5,938	5,938
Modern era	348	37,898
Tewodros II and Tekle Giyorgis II (1855–1872)	4,996	4,996
Yohannes IV (1872–1889)	3,675	3,675
Menelik II (1889–1913)	4,582	4,582
Lij Iyasu, Zewditu and Haile Selassie (1913–1936)	1,998	17,171
Educational modernization	2,046	2,046
Italian occupation (1936–1941)	8,295	9,406
World War II	1,111	1,111
Post–World War II period (1941–1974)	3,721	3,721
Communist period (1974–1991)	7,126	7,126
Federal Democratic Republic	33	27,291
Tigray People's Liberation Front dominance (1991–2018)	7,774	12,659
Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict	3,510	3,510
War in Somalia	1,375	1,375
Abiy Ahmed and the Prosperity Party (2018–present)	8,947	14,599
COVID-19 pandemic	1,654	1,654
Tigray War	3,998	3,998
Historiography	1,986	1,986
See also	935	935
References	127	6,659
Videography	248	248
Historical documents	3,100	3,100
Articles	3,184	3,184
Further reading	4,408	4,408
Historiography	195	195
External links	645	645
Total	135,488	135,488

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Why is Somali history taken as Egyptian History?

The section on bronze age contacts only mentions trade with the land of Punt. Although there is some contention about where exactly that lay, most scholars agree that the most likely location was Puntland, at that time one of the major sources of myrrh and frankincense (the latter is not found in Ethiopia); especially given the lengthy sea travel described in records of the Egyptian expeditions to 'Pwenet'. I believe this section does not belong here. I have now qualified it by indicating that the location of the Land of Punt is not certain. Robert Kluijver (talk) 08:01, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Abyssinia Affair

Shouldn't this part of history under Menelik be mentioned? (See article on William Ellis.) Kdammers (talk) 23:31, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Name Ethiopia

The theory that Ezana did somehow appropriate the name after the conquer of Nubia makes no sense, he doesn’t refer to them as Ethiopians and secondly does not use the name to reference themselves thereafter. That theory does not wash. 2A02:C7C:36FF:3600:E5C3:603F:84F6:78D0 (talk) 05:02, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Harari and harla

When did the harari or harla found ifat and adal which had its capital in zeila in Somalia. Provide sources that states harari or harla found the ifat and adal sultanate. Kagamid (talk) 17:21, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Land of punt

The claim that the Land of Punt extended into Ethiopia is inaccurate. There is no archaeological or historical evidence to support this. The Land of Punt is believed to have been an ancient civilization, likely located in modern-day Somalia and Djibouti, not Ethiopia. Additionally, obsidian, which was traded between ancient peoples of the Horn of Africa and ancient Egyptian is not directly connected to the Land of Punt. The people of who traded obsidian with ancient Egyptian does not imply that the Land of Punt itself was involved in this trade, nor does it indicate the Land of Punt’s geographical location. The information provided about Ethiopia and the Land of Punt is misleading and lacks reliable sources.This can lead to the removal of the content if you don’t provide a reliable source. Otherwise, the issue will be debated, and the statement that Punt extended into Ethiopia will likely be removed, as it is false. Kagamid (talk) 17:35, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]