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==History== | ==History== | ||
Tracing its roots to the 2nd millennium BC, Ethiopia's governmental system was a monarchy for most of its history. In the first centuries AD, the Kingdom of Aksum maintained a unified civilization in the region, followed by the Ethiopian Empire circa 1137. During the late 19th-century Scramble for Africa, Ethiopia was one of two nations to retain its sovereignty from long-term colonialism by a European colonial power. | Tracing its roots to the 2nd millennium BC, Ethiopia's governmental system was a monarchy for most of its history. In the first centuries AD, the Kingdom of Aksum maintained a unified civilization in the region, followed by the Ethiopian Empire circa 1137. During the late 19th-century Scramble for Africa, Ethiopia was one of two nations to retain its sovereignty from long-term colonialism by a European colonial power. | ||
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2017 - 400,000 were displaced by the Oromo-Somali clashes and more than 1.2 million | 2017 - 400,000 were displaced by the Oromo-Somali clashes and more than 1.2 million | ||
people have been displaced by inter-ethnic violence in 2018<br> | people have been displaced by inter-ethnic violence in 2018<br> | ||
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*[http://www.everyculture.com/Cr-Ga/Ethiopia.html Every Culture] Culture of Ethiopia | |||
*[http://www.columbia.edu/~lnp3/mydocs/state_and_revolution/ethiopia.htm Columbia] Ethiopian History and Politics | |||
[[Category:Ethiopia]] [[Category:Histories]] | [[Category:Ethiopia]] [[Category:Histories]] | ||
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