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The siege of Magdala

the British Empire against the Emperor of Ethiopia

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the British Empire against the Emperor of Ethiopia

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Markus Wiener Publishers
Language
English

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Subjects

Magdala, Battle of, Āmba Maryam, Ethiopia, 1868, Great Britain, Great Britain. Army, Foreign relations, History, Great britain, army, Ethiopia, history, Ethiopia, foreign relations, Great britain, foreign relations, ethiopia

Places

Ethiopia, Great Britain, Āmba Maryam (Ethiopia)

Times

1490-1889, 19th century
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The siege of Magdala: the British Empire against the Emperor of Ethiopia
2012, Markus Wiener Publishers
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Table of Contents

Introduction: a curious campaign
Mysterious Ethiopia
Tewodros II defies Queen Victoria
The European hostages
The British Empire prepares for war
A harbor city built overnight
Embedded journalists
The long march to Magdala
The Aroge massacre
The assault on the fortress
The looting of Ethiopian cultural treasures
Orderly withdrawal
The victors' triumphal return to England
Balance sheet: military intervention without colonial occupation.

Edition Notes

"Copyright [MARC+93] 2010 by Ch. Links Verlag GmbH, Berlin, for the German edition, entitled Unternehmen Magdala: Strafexpedition in Äthiopien, by Volker Matthies."--P. iv.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Princeton, NJ

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
963/.041
Library of Congress
DT386.3 .M38 2012, DT386.3 .M3813 2012, DT386.3.M38 2012

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25329372M
ISBN 13
9781558765511, 9781558765528
LCCN
2011033727
OCLC/WorldCat
746489734

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