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Mycenean Greece and the Orient about 1450 BC. Inset: Reference Map of the Nile Delta.

Cover for the article 'A Makallè (1896) L'Uscita del presidio dal forte' (2 February 1896) appeared on the newspaper La Tribuna Illustrata (Anno IV, N. 5). During the first Italo-Ethiopian war, the Italian fort of Mekelle was sieged by the...

Ethiopian painting depicting the Battle of Gondar (13–27 November 1941) during the last stages of the East African Campaign in WWII. After the fall of Amba Alagi in May 1941 and Jimma in July, Gondar was the last of the major strongholds...

Monastery of Debre Libanos founded by Saint Tekla Haymanot in 1284. Photo by Walter Mittelholzer, published in his book Abessinienflug (Trip to Abysinnia), 1934. ETH Library, Zürich.

The Abyssinian leaders Ras Seyum Mangasha (1887-1960), Ras Ghetacciù Abaté, and Ras Kebbedé Guebret, received in Rome by Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) on 6 February 1937, swear allegiance after Abyssinia's annexation to the empire.

The origins of the Second World War (1939-45) may be traced back to the harsh peace settlement of the First World War (1914-18) and the economic crisis of the 1930s, while more immediate causes were the aggressive invasions of their neighbours...

Following the conquest of North Africa by Muslim Arabs in the 7th century CE, Islam spread throughout West Africa via merchants, traders, scholars, and missionaries, that is largely through peaceful means whereby African rulers either tolerated...

The leader of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) ordered the invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939. Hitler's refusal to withdraw brought a declaration of war from Britain and France on 3 September, and so began the Second World War (1939-45...

Trade and commerce were essential components of the success and expansion of the Byzantine Empire. Trade was carried out by ship over vast distances, although for safety, most sailing vessels were restricted to the better weather conditions...

During the reign of the emperor Justinian I (527-565 CE), one of the worst outbreaks of the plague took place, claiming the lives of millions of people. The plague arrived in Constantinople in 542 CE, almost a year after the disease first...