How did Ethiopia survive the Scramble for Africa? (Short Animated Documentary)

[@MrLanguageFanatic]

Having 3 competent Emperors rule in a row would do be extremely lucky for any nation

[@jrt818]

Five Good Emperors, the ancient Roman imperial succession of Nerva (reigned 96-98 AD), Trajan (98-117), Hadrian (117-138), Antoninus Pius (138-161), and Marcus Aurelius (161-180).

[@josh-kg1rb]

@@dillonblair6491 yes

[@Pesar2938]

What about Iran? Reza Shah and Mohammad Reza Shah

[@KlayAli-]

Aleksa that's because they usually had to work hard for the throne.

[@idiocrat3744]

@@Pesar2938 The second just sucked all of his state..

[@zoombini1831]

“And he became Negus” *me not paying attention* what

[@koff41]

Its Negan.

[@kiyru44]

@@koff41 Glenn will remember that

[@benjicarroll3802]

I said whatdidhesayyyyyyyy

[@zoombini1831]

@@koff41 you must be fun at parties

[@boshinimperialofficer3250]

@@koff41 Are you negus me? You ruined the joke

[@SageofIrrelevance]

My understanding of the treaty of wuchale was that the whole "Ethiopia will conduct diplomacy only through Italy" section was only in the Italian language version of the treaty, and was completely absent from the Ethiopian version.

[@winstonsmith09]

That's truly fascinating. My God. I think they got something of what the Thais got from the Brits, though, if I understand the Italian version correctly.

[@sabledsable]

This was a while ago, but do you remember the source? it sounds interesting

[@SageofIrrelevance]

@@sabledsable I think it was in Armchair Historian's video on how Italy lost. That, or Wikipedia.

[@sabledsable]

@@SageofIrrelevance sweet, tysm

[@yikeslikes4457]

@@SageofIrrelevance That's how we were thought the history. Italy intentionally mistranslated the treaty.

[@richardthrust1126]

Part of the reason is simply that Ethiopia was Christian majority. When the Portuguese "discovered" Ethiopia, they thought that they had found the legendary Christian lands of "Prester John". So the "we need to colonize these people to save their souls" argument didn't work in Ethiopia.

[@enternamehere4124]

The portugese out here respecting fellow cristhians and not liying to colonize them anyways

[@shivabreathes]

That is an excellent point!

[@gustavosauro1882]

So cool to think that one of the oldest christian kingdoms is from Africa

[@thepagecollective]

That and geography.. It is on a daunting plateau.

[@Tribuneoftheplebs]

@@gustavosauro1882 arguably oldest. Armenian claim is for conversion only a year before the Ethiopians. Unknown who is really first

[@samuelrosenberg5088]

One correction: the treaty of Wuchale had two versions: the one in Aramaic and one in Italian. Due to the mistranslation of a single word, the Aramaic treaty said Ethiopia COULD conduct their foreign affairs through Italy, while the Italian treaty said they MUST. Menalik II had only signed the Aramaic treaty, and so was not aware that the Italian treaty had a different meaning due to mistranslation. When the mistake was found out, Menilik II wanted to renegotiate the treaty to fix the mistranslation, but the leader of Italy, Francisco Crispi, refused to negotiate, falsely claiming that Menelik II was aware of the Italian version when signing. In 1893, when Meneli II felt his power was secure, denounced the treaty of Wuchale and refused to follow any of its requirements, due to a treaty he never actually agreed to negatively affecting his nation. The Italians, in response, declared war. TLDR: Correction, Menelik II wasn’t actually aware of most of article 17 of the treaty of Wuchale, not ignoring it. Edit: Amharic, not Aramaic.

[@acidgaming1052]

Thank you great man

[@michaelheliotis5279]

Aramaic? Maybe you mean Amharic...? O.o

[@samuelrosenberg5088]

@@michaelheliotis5279 Whoops, yeah I meant Amharic. Sorry, my bad.

[@RockSolitude]

So just the Italians being Italian then

[@benitomussolini839]

Fake news!!! I need my Ethiopian colony back!!!

[@AaronTheGreat________]

Scramble for Africa: Exists Ethiopia: Negus please

[@JakeandElwoodBlues]

That's it, you win.

[@qwertyuiopasdfghjkl8415]

@@JakeandElwoodBlues agreed

[@smokemeakipper5407]

This deserves a round of applause.

[@Go4Broke247]

Negus: best spelling word.

[@mekdesgebretsadik1303]

Lol

[@ANTICENA571]

1:35 "I'm off to see God" I mean... that's one way of putting it.

[@appropinquo3236]

well yeah he is

[@varrynowis896]

*dead now*

[@brucesim2003]

Thunk!

[@mtaufiqnmtn]

Thud

[@benitomussolini1938]

Hello Ethiopia

[@bryceirwin9919]

Italy: You’re my colony Ethiopia: no Italy: I SAID- Ethiopia: AND I SAID NO

[@Dragonfist-ir1pu]

Watch out we got a badass over here

[@Luca-ok6sw]

This enraged Mussolini, who then punished him severely

[@idkwut4523]

@@Luca-ok6sw Geneva convention: dude, uncool

[@Luca-ok6sw]

Idk wut Italy, who have Genova has a city: are you really in charge there?

[@chloevitagliano9565]

@@Luca-ok6sw Ginerva non Genova

[@gabriellemeerkat7947]

Hi I was born in Ethiopia but I was adopted by a French family at a very young age so I'm really grateful that people like you give me the opportunity to learn more about my culture. Thanks a lot 💖

[@evryatis9231]

Quelle chance.

[@dapizzasnake8462]

Hello person

[@pierreheider4581]

Your cukture is french! Guess you mean origin.

[@vegetableman3911]

So, you come from Africa, was took In by a french family and learnt English. You are amazing!

[@gabriellemeerkat7947]

@@evryatis9231 oui vraiment je me sens très chanceuse

[@thegreatders344]

Fun fact: the color scheme of most African flags (red, yellow, green) is an homage and tribute to Ethiopia's flag.

[@SUPBUG-o7m]

@@lawrencedoliveiro9104 😐

[@ethiopianpatriot]

Yeah true

[@amirelkomos6457]

I think it is "many" not "most of" Remember there are 54 African countries.

[@ethiopianpatriot]

@@amirelkomos6457 its the same.

[@David-io9lp]

I'm going to change that

[@tedros91]

Correction: Negus merely means king, usually for feudal lords who have acquired enough power to be independent of the emperor during the Ras Mesafent (Ethiopia's equivalent of the Japanese Sengoku era). Negusa Negast means king of kings, it's the title for emperors.

[@dlhussain81]

Tedros A. Balema yes, these ignorant Caucasians are either getting upset thinking it’s somehow related to N word or making racists jokes for the same reason. The negus in the time of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was an ally in Arabic he is called Al-Najashi

[@gameboyhotline3712]

DLH wasn’t al nejashi the emperor of Aksum ? Which is Ethiopia?

[@dlhussain81]

Gameboy Hotline not sure about that but Islamic history report Al Najashi being rule of habshi ie Abyssinia

[@dlhussain81]

Gameboy Hotline Ethiopia was called Abyssinia historically. Can’t confirm about Aksum

[@tedros91]

@@dlhussain81 Aksum refers to the empire that rule modern day Eritrea, northern Ethiopia (the actual city is in northern Ethiopia) and Djibouti. At its zenith it also ruled Nubia, Yemen and Southern Arabia (interestingly it was considered on the great 5 powers by Mani during the Sassanid era alonside Persia, Rome, India and China). al-Nejashi is simply the arabisation of the word Negus.

[@jaredcedricconsul9581]

Ethiopia: *defeats Italy* Europeans: wait that's illegal

[@alexalvarenga8381]

red _ jars Ethiopia: GIT GUD

[@duduchannel6729]

Fun fact: they had the same reaction when Russia lost to Japan in 1905

[@k1er4n544]

I'd say job well done Ethiopia

[@Neymarinet]

when have the italians not been defeated

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

@Denis Diderot But not the last

[@jackluck2538]

Ironic missionaries taught the Ethiopians to build guns.

[@lexethonor294]

Jackluck2 details? PLS

[@jackluck2538]

@@lexethonor294 ironic because you'd expect missionaries to not be men of using guns and only knowledge in teaching the Bible, but them teaching the Ethiopians to produce guns shows otherwise.

[@Miquelalalaa]

Jackluck2 Well perhaps. I wonder how accurate this is. This is a shit channel.

[@igorokinamujika2073]

@@jackluck2538 Ironically, Ethiopians migh knew the bible better than those missionaries as its one of the oldest Christian states in hte world.

[@aLukepop]

@@igorokinamujika2073 Well it would've been a different a bible considering the Ethiopians had split from Western European mainstream christianity milennia beforehand.

[@sulaimaanahmad]

this is why some african nations in honor of ethiopia have flags of red, yellow and green. 🇪🇹

[@aiwantobuild8011]

سـلـيـمـان أحـمـد 🇪🇹

[@foooooof]

Understandable, because ethiopia is just one chad of a nation

[@S3Cs4uN8]

@@foooooof Not to be confused with Chad, which is also a nation.

[@benitomussolini1938]

Hello

[@deutschermichel5807]

@@S3Cs4uN8 XD

[@trekkienzl2862]

History Matters: Negus KZbin: Demonotized

[@Win0bot]

KZbin has obviously never read The Rules of Acquisition

[@lightningfletch5598]

@@Win0bot Star Trek reference. Nice.

[@fancyhotdog2656]

Hotel: Trivago (Unfunny but I had to)

[@Tangers3345]

@@Win0bot Oh I guarantee they have though, lmao

[@drumboarder1]

He's screwed if he ever has to do a video on Niger

[@mjr_schneider]

The Italians lost because they made the mistake of making their guns out of pasta, which was boiled by the hot Ethiopian sun and became soft.

[@magakag7639]

The sun is not hot in Ethiopia

[@jumbo4billion]

Pasta dries out in the sun

[@thechannelforfreespeechkek524]

@@magakag7639 What are you on about? The sun is hot in Ethiopia.

[@magakag7639]

@@thechannelforfreespeechkek524 It is not Hot, It has seasons , Some hot, some cold, Research its Geography well ...

[@TheFreshman321]

Hahah😂😂😂🤣🤣

[@RICO_SUAVE_86_]

Ethiopia stayed free because they utilized Skillshare

[@josephleonard6695]

nah. it's because they used dbrand

[@TeaMal_FX]

NO

[@JarmanGaming]

They used honey for some treaty discounts

[@aiwanano6507]

Lol

[@saintdenis11]

That and they kept their intelligence secure with Nord VPN.

[@talhahhussain5603]

Ethiopia independent, you say? Not for long! *boots up HOI4*

[@EntropicMalevolence]

"You've activated my trap card!" *Enables RT56*

[@dr.vikyll7466]

@@EntropicMalevolence No you! *activates what if Italy won ww1 mod number 69*

[@Daniel-jm7ts]

@@dr.vikyll7466 you fools!!!! *WHAT IF ALBANIA WON WW1 MOD*

[@UnitedNationsSecretariat]

Ethiopia annexed by Scotland in my eu4

[@acebalistic1358]

YOLO Activate my glitch Estonia game that randomly appeared in my load file with 100 nukes and max factories and 40 million manpower in 1936

[@HerrXenon_]

2:13 That's a bit of a gentle understatement. The Italians willingly wrote the Ethiopian translation of the treaty so that it was ambiguous and lured Menelik into signing it. It said that the negus _could_ rely on Italy for foreign affairs while in the Italian version it said that he *must*

[@temporaneo617]

Yeah, it was a huge dick move on our part😅. European overconfidence at its finest, just like in the russo-japanese war

[@benitomussolini1938]

Hello

[@mahmoodali5043]

you guys are just not good with treaties ha? well, your latest treaty included 10 clauses. you already broke 9 of them and we, Egypt, are going to break the 10th; resolving the issue via military action

[@ShoaTube.ሸዋ]

@@mahmoodali5043 you know what happen to Italy after the treaty right..?

[@mahmoodali5043]

@@ShoaTube.ሸዋ no, but I know what happened to the long dead British empire when it tried to take our waterway from us

[@rj1056]

The funny thing is that Tewodros II comitted suicide ,thinking that Abbysinian Independence/Freedom was over,but little did he know, his kingdom would remain independent and free during the colonial period due to a smart successor named Menelik II to take care of it for him. ❤

[@c.k.636]

@Basleal S Hitler moment

[@Zeyede_Seyum]

@@c.k.636 *Teddy moment*

[@lolololololol369]

Menelik was not smart lol he gave away Ethiopias entire coastline to the Italians and now Ethiopia is landlocked

[@titanproductions3628]

@@lolololololol369 Damn didn't know that part, thanks for that info.

[@kingace6186]

Menelik II was an incompetent Emperor who only governed off the stolen success of others. In fact, when the snake made a deal w/ the Italians, he betrayed his own country by carving out the land of Eritrea for the Italians. Menelik actually carried out several massacres and expanded the country by oppressing the diverse south and Ogaden. Menelik is remembered by many ethnic minorities, non-Amharas & non-nationalist as a cruel, imperialist tyrant. The real reason Ethiopia wasn't colonized was mainly due to the northern General, Ras Alula Aba Nega. He served during Emperor Tewodros II's reign and was the loyal retained of Emperor Yohannes IV. He died defeating the Italians and was the true hero that saved Ethiopia.

[@migwella9086]

Please cover the italo-ethiopian war of 1895 in more detail or Futher action will be taken

[@yarpen26]

The 10 minute format would have been perfect for this topic but he doesn't feel like doing it anymore (would be cool if he at least _acknowledged_ it on his feed rather than simply ignored the question each time it's brought up).

[@philippmaqs8799]

That's for Kings and Generals channel to do

[@migwella9086]

@@yarpen26 he did state he would do 10 minute videos but less frequent

[@yarpen26]

@@migwella9086 He did the last one of these four months ago... that's a *LOT* less frequent.

[@migwella9086]

@@yarpen26 yeah I know lmao but there is a chance

[@enqrbit]

*Negus simply means king and negus negesti means King of kings/ Emperor. Btw Great video

[@matevajda3176]

EU4 anyone?

[@Earth-ct6um]

@@matevajda3176 Me

[@matevajda3176]

@@Earth-ct6um Haha yes

[@wurttmapper2200]

So John is actually the king of the Negus. (Spelling bee pronunciation) Interesting

[@dawittesfaye8222]

Niggas means slaver and Negus means king

[@franciscomm7675]

Could you do an episode about the kalmar union?

[@Kingmakerrr1337]

The more we ask for it, the less chances they make one

[@franciscomm7675]

@@Kingmakerrr1337 how?

[@G1AGAIN]

@@franciscomm7675 it shows we know about it

[@nisselarson3227]

@@G1AGAIN We're also interested in it. Knowing OF something and knowing the details are two different things, although these are so fast I almost have to run them at 0.75x speed. :D

[@doriswhite1348]

I lived in Ethiopia during what was supposed to have been the school year 1989 -- 1990. There was a military takeover in May 1990. US troops had been sent and did everything they could to keep bloodshed to a minimum. The takeover lasted four days. Then I couldn't get out of the country. Had to wait for a plane seat. The airport was closed after the takeover, but one night shortly following I heard airplanes overhead taking the Falasha (possibly lost tribe of Israel) from Addis to Israel. I think I counted a dozen planes. Was told they were 747s and all the seats had been taken out to fit as many passengers as possible in. The Ethiopians are very resourceful. I came away with positive impressions of them. From what I've seen on social media, things are a lot better now.

[@kingace6186]

To be fair, the old regime that was replaced was a brutal military junta. The new military take liberated the nation created a coalition government and brought a constitutional, federalized democracy that lasted until 2018. In the end, I am glad you had an enjoyable impression of Ethiopia.

[@enscade7950]

US troops. 😂 always there when there is WAR!

[@kiro9257]

@@enscade7950it literally said there was a military takeover from fellow Ethiopian forces hence, the US sent troops to keep the bloodshed to a minimum. They were sent there as a peacekeeping force.

[@ILiekFishes]

my brain read that as 1889 and was about to call bull until I did a double take (for context, it's 1 AM and I almost just wrote "double cake" so maybe I'm the common denominator here)

[@youtubehasbigcringe]

@@enscade7950brown

[@szeklergeneral4266]

i was first confused why they would hire russian advisers but then i realised that the ethiopians are orthodox aswell. Edit: damn thank you so much for that amount of like :D

[@inslava]

They are kinda different religion, coptic brunch of Christianity

[@szeklergeneral4266]

@@inslava i know but that is part of the orthodox church

[@SloveneAnon]

Probably also the fact that the Russians didn't really care for African states retaining independence while the rest of European powers really didn't want Africans to get any ideas because of their own colonies.

[@temporaneo617]

@@SloveneAnon also it's possible they wanted to *somehow* spite on the british since they had colonies surrounding ethiopia

[@fighterck6241]

From what I've read it seems that it was mostly the Orthodox connection that garnered them Russian assistance.

[@fergonzaleznavarro8090]

Whispers: _"they never got Ethiopia"_

[@ferrjuan]

Fer González Navarro Mussolini: For now 😈

[@ibsadebela624]

@@ferrjuan *Cough Cough Cough* ILLEGAL MUSTARD GAS

[@ferrjuan]

Robert Hymes Imperial Japan wants to know your location

[@Klontruppe]

Damn, we gotta start pillaging some stuff.

[@ariavachier-lagravech.6910]

Is that a motherfucking Bill Wurtz reference

[@merrittanimation7721]

0:09 Liberia: Where you're free (to leave)

[@godlovesyou1995]

It was actually about America

[@vinny9868]

The classic idea of "Going back to Africa" Except the AfroAmericans don't really know exactly where they're from, so they just said "Screw it. Liberia is good enough"

[@HolyKhaaaaan]

And where black folks reign. So long as they were American in the first place.

[@idkwut4523]

@Jonny Karr yeah, although in Lincoln's time holding that stance would've been considered "anti-slavery" as it would not allow slave owners to make the argument that blacks can't culturally mix with whites. Despite it being "anti-slavery" it really, really did not age well.

[@idkwut4523]

@Jonny Karr dude you took that quote out of context. It was a part of a larger quote, you're making Lincoln sound bad dude. He says "If I could save the union without freeing any slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that." This was in response to a news article criticizing his indecisive actions against slavery. However, by this point in time the emancipation proclamation was already drafted and Lincoln just needed a military victory to give it some legitimacy. He ends the letter saying " I have where stated my purpose according to my view of official duty; and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men everywhere would be free." But dude I think this argument in its entirety is pointless because we shouldn't judge historical figures by modern standards in 19th century America someone who "probably would've freed the slaves" was honestly the best the black people at the time could've hoped for. While yes, perhaps some parts of him may not have aged well and perhaps he was racist in the end he still freed the slaves and that's what matters and I'm sure that's all that mattered to those freed slaves at the time.

[@kasinokaiser1319]

Get yourself a girl who can defend you like how Menelik II defended Ethiopia against the Italians

[@thunderbird1921]

Well, one man famously got lucky and married a woman who could do just that: Frank Butler, the 50-year husband of Annie Oakley.

[@drumboarder1]

I'm so sick of people trying to turn me communist

[@rock3tcatU233]

He was one lucky Negus.

[@kingace6186]

It was not Menelik that defend Ethiopia -- as Emperor, he just took the credit. Your girl will be incompetent, toxic, and abusive if you follow this model.

[@algorithmsavior3820]

This is the Italians - that's not saying much at this point on going forward in time

[@samiamrg7]

Something similar happened in Thailand if I remember correctly. They had leaders that modernized their armies and tactics to the point where they weren’t an appealing target for direct colonial rule. Instead, they became subject to economic hegemony since all the surrounding areas were colonized (or, in the case of China, subject to European hegemony)

[@ryandeklerk9553]

Ethiopia actually has a very long history of being strong warriors and fighting off foreign invaders

[@shadowsupremeja7352]

@@realeyesrealizereallies427 yo if we use logic Vietnam is already way too op cuz they’re good at hiding and look they beat up these superpowers: US, China, and Mongol Empire

[@FernandoHernandez-jw4yy]

@@realeyesrealizereallies427 Who can even compare to Vietnam at all? As in an underdog and relatively small country that defeated a superpower. Maybe the Finns, they beat Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union but both didn't put their full strenght into fighting Finnland because they were fighting multiple opponents at the same time. It was still impressive but not as impressive as it may sound.

[@potatofuryy]

@@FernandoHernandez-jw4yy Pretty sure the soviets weren’t fighting any other wars during the winter war

[@danieljethro8343]

@@shadowsupremeja7352 didnt they lose to Japan...? cmiiw

[@boxcuber]

@@danieljethro8343 no the fuck they didnt LOL JAPAN?!??! hahahaha the viets let them in..

[@Bonk_Co]

Scramble for Africa: Exists Ethiopia: No, I don't think I will

[@GiraffeFeatures]

I mean the British destroyed them, deposed their king, then chose not to take charge.

[@OneAngrehCat]

Will this fucking meme finally die from being done this much? Every video I swear At least try to not be a parody of yourself for entire months at a time

[@VMohdude-]

Interim they didn’t really “depose” him, he killed himself to avoid capture and they didn’t really have any intention to remain. This wasn’t even a conquest, the British just wanted their people back. And for most of the fighting, the British were up against a single fiefdom basically not the entire empire.

[@adventussaxonum448]

@Ygor K Whether or not the British could have ruled is an opinion. That they didn't bother is a fact.

[@adventussaxonum448]

@Ygor K Doesn't alter the fact that they had no desire to conquer the place. Whether or not they could is merely surmise.

[@icrushchildrensdreams4556]

1:20 *_get ready to be demonitized boii_*

[@attiepollard7847]

How unfortunate

[@aiwanano6507]

Lol

[@robel8126]

He pronounced it wrong .

[@mtghd1432]

山鸡 nah, there is still ads on this vid

[@ahyan14]

山鸡 negus no n****

[@hiddenhist]

Hey so this is much better and much more detailed than alot of other videos on the subject but id like to leave criticisms. Most are nitpicks, a few are actual factual errors. 1. Shewa is pronounced closer to ‘Shahwah’. I cant judge too hard though; i can barely pronounce most ethiopian words properly, and butcher alot of others. 2. Tewodros (Theodore ) was not from the Shewan branche; He hailed from Begemeder, the region province inwhich the former royal city of gondar was held. More specifically, he was from Qwara (Koara). 3. The invasion was hella expensive. 4. ‘Negus’ is pronounced more like ‘nuh-goose’. 5. Negus does not mean ruling over all people. Negus means ‘king’. It generally applied to a governor of a major province / subkingdom of the empire. (That said it should also be noted that the term’s use in this way was dying out, and that by the late rule of Yohannes, only two of the major provinces, Shewa and Gojjam, had a negus, the rest being ruled by those with the title ‘Ras’. ‘Negus Nagast’ means king of kings. 6. Its not that menelik did not think much of the ‘you must pass diplomacy through italy’ clause of the treaty. He literally didnt think it was valid; his version of the treaty, in his Ethiopian language Amharic made no mention of this, instead recommending Ethiopia make use of Italy, not mandating it necessary.

[@gameboyhotline3712]

HiddenHistory he also referred to the empire as just the kingdom of Shewa even though Ethiopia has a long history of being an empire, a federation of vassal kingdoms, dukedoms, governorships and princes

[@gash9317]

HiddenHistory what you wrote should be on the description below the video every thing you wrote is correct!

[@hiddenhist]

deadshot thank you :)

[@benitomussolini1938]

Ciao

[@anomalyldn]

Honestly I love your channel bro.. From the script/narration, to the topics you choose, and the little jokes in your animations 👌🏾 always click just to make sure I haven’t already seen said video Don’t stop, you (guys) are seriously good at what you do 👌🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@coe3408]

The main reason for Ethiopian success was that it had already a strong literary tradition before Europeans arrived.Literacy enables state building. Other African nations weren't so lucky.

[@thevisitor1012]

I wouldn't say that was a major factor. Timbuktu had extensive written history, yet it still got taken over.

[@kingmisssile9730]

Literacy is a result of nation building. The horn of africa and north africa were able to build states because of their favorable geographical positions as well as proximity to important waterways. This is the difference.

[@zintosion]

Africa: *exist* Europe: It’s free real estate

[@AbsolumentPas-o3h]

@IcantSeeReplies SJW : Meh !

[@VMohdude-]

IcantSeeReplies what does “most colonized” mean you imperialist defender (also might be racist). Also got any proof for you claim?

[@slimshady9147]

VMohdude - imperialism isn’t bad

[@VMohdude-]

Victor Kurza it is tho. By your logic, I can for any reason come to your house unannounced and claim it as my property without anyone’s approval and do whatever I saw fit with you and the property. If you’re ok with that, then I don’t know what to tell you.

[@VMohdude-]

LWF - 5 Bouffons Right Wingers: Anyone I disagree with and don’t like is “aN sJw”

[@colbykitto4597]

1:20 risky....

[@ricardoguanipa8275]

1:20 Oh God, "Negus" really....I don't how that may be turn into some racist joke at all'

[@whoareyou1034]

My "negus". Yep... not at all...

[@damonferrara3637]

Kendrick Lamar made a fantastic song, the album version of "i," which uses that connection in a serious, emotional way, and I'd definitely recommend it.

[@aerozeppelin4621]

lol, watup my negus

[@A.D.540]

@@generalaccount6531 it's okay his black

[@eddiesanchez551]

There was a mix up at the national spelling bee once where a kid thought that they asked him to spell the n word but they meant negus . He didn't get it until he asked them to use it in a sentence I believe

[@forcanisso1639]

Didnt the italians lie on the deal with ethiopia? The ethiopians, i believe, got a wrong translation.

[@lorenzoditommaso4920]

The Italian translation was different from the Ethiopian one

[@armandoeng]

According to wikipedia, it was one verb. I would imagine incompetence, not a direct lie.

[@yuliaaaaaaaaaaa]

@@armandoeng it was not only one verb

[@scourgeborne92]

@@yuliaaaaaaaaaaa one verb to rule them all

[@Bk_football3]

@@lorenzoditommaso4920 yes you are right about that

[@kulrigalestout]

What I want to know is how so many missionaries knew how to make guns. Was it a widely taught thing at the time? Did the Ethiopia just have the luck that their missionaries were gun nuts? What's really going on behind those monastery gates?

[@JohnDoe-sw1rs]

Ethiopians already knew how to make guns but not enough learned and local kings didn’t want to adapt to modern warfare because it wasn’t honourable so they turned to missionaries. Ethiopia knew how to make matchlocks from Portugal since the 15th century.

[@kingace6186]

Great question. I am also curious. Maybe it had something to do with some of the previous Emporer. Or maybe it is a bi-product of the Zamana Masafent Era, 1769-1855 (Ethiopia's Sengoku Period).

[@Victor-iq5rd]

Not pro monastery very anti but all men should have a right to self defense.

[@lettuceman9439]

Majority of the missionaries during the scramble were generally anti-imperialism and was protelyzing to oppose the church of said colonial power.

[@dlhussain81]

Respect to Ethiopia!

[@vijnmusic4707]

Yes!!! As a hispanic-American, I love the Ethiopian people! 🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹

[@cespu_iv4519]

Mussolini and his tortellini gang: Allow us to introduce ourselves :)

[@Kingmakerrr1337]

XD

[@the3zoooz1]

few years laters gets defeated

[@javier6926]

E that’s like saying France wasn’t defeated in ww2 because the French resistance existed... and Addis Abeba was conquered until the british arrived. The war was an Italian victory , Italy took control and Selassie had to flee the country to beg support abroad. Admit you lost and stop being butthurt.

[@sharkywillzy5616]

@@javier6926 the Italian foothold on ethiopia was very weak, Britain and belgium had retaken it quite simply

[@javier6926]

SharkyWillzy if it was so weak then why did Italy manage to take british somaliland ? Why did Italy make so many works of infrastructure and investments in Ethiopia ? Why did Britain and all other powers of the time recognise Italian possession of the country? ( I think only the USSR stood behind selassie the whole time). Those 5 years of colonisation happened , I don’t know why some people deny it ... hurt nationalistic pride , the We Wuz Kangs and shieet brigade and maybe some leftists who find the idea of the only black country resisting Europeans romantic.

[@DwRockett]

Can you bring back the 10 minute history format to do a quick “history of Liberia” video?

[@lilfishie7765]

Ethiopia: *exists* Italy: wait, that's illegal

[@aiwanano6507]

can’t do anything about that

[@benitomussolini1938]

Hello

[@sesclaytpoop8525]

@@benitomussolini1938 holy shit

[@whitezombie10]

Africa: exists Europe: wait that's illegal

[@i_am_rookie4]

I am half turkish half ethiopian and i think both there historys is amazing...❤❤

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

0:08 Instead of doing all fifty stars, you just typed “All of the stars”...lmfao imagine if that was actually their flag. They own all the stars in the universe

[@RealClutchMcGee]

Kim Jong-un he does this every time the US flag shows up its pretty funny

[@patrick8358]

It's easier than checking how many stars and in what pattern at that particular time, plus it's a good joke.

[@maddie9602]

To be entirely honest, very few Americans will bother with all the stars when drawing a picture of the flag, since, to be fair, there are a lot of stars. If you look closely at American flags in a lot of cartoons, especially older, pre-CG ones, you'll see where they drew maybe two dozen and are just like "yep, that's good enough. It's not like anyone's going to check, right?"

[@louiscz6784]

What about *SHOOTING STARS* ?

[@benitomussolini1938]

Hello

[@mowm88]

They have a fascinating history there in Ethiopia, very early Church, culture, etc. Good stuff! that we here donno nearly enough about. This was good.

[@aiwanano6507]

mowm88 yep

[@thunderbird1921]

Their Emperor in the mid-20th Century, Haile Salassie, was legendary. He hated both fascism and communism with a passion. The dude tried to warn the world about Mussolini and Hitler, nearly no one cared until it was almost too late. After leading his people back to freedom, what did he do? Train his troops back up, sent them to Korea, and helped smash back another tyrannical force. The U.S. officers discovered that the Ethiopians were so well trained that all they needed was practice working with American-made weaponry. Hard to believe that two of the world's oldest nations (Ethiopia and China) have directly fought on the battlefield.

[@Artiomiz]

Scramble for Africa: *exists* Ethiopia: I also exist lmao

[@quagnam438]

Mussolini: aight ima head in

[@robel8126]

@@quagnam438 also head out

[@benitomussolini1938]

Hello

[@whitezombie10]

@@benitomussolini1938 oh, another Italian to d- CAPITULATES

[@LG_Official.]

Ngl not only do these videos get me to learn more about the scramble for Africa (which I have been invested in but never took the time till recently to research) but it's also helped me with games I play that allow me to create custom maps so whenever I make WW1 maps I normally come to these videos to help with African borders so yeah thanks History Matters for making my life a whole lot easier and also for providing great content.

[@luyandzabavukiledlamini4693]

Having 3 competent and intelligence rulers in a row is a blessing for any country

[@Jacob-lv6zy]

Hahah i remember the spelling bee kid that had to spell ”negus” and he was like ”....shit what do i say 0_0, i cant use the n-word on tv for gods sake”

[@aiwanano6507]

Jacob lol

[@danielblue4460]

Me too. The kid was embarrassed and nervous.

[@samvodopianov9399]

Orthodox bois helping each other :D

[@Zeyede_Seyum]

🇪🇹❤🇷🇺

[@pauldowner1]

Another brilliant video. Thank you

[@anthonymunthali1544]

0:39 Didn't know Tewodros translates to Theodore, that's so cool!

[@remyjansen]

I love the story how Ethiopia managed to stay free. What a badass country. Deep respect.

[@SuperDeeyay]

Could you do a video about James Byzanette?

[@aaronmarks9366]

I'd like to see one on Izarka Flash

[@fighterck6241]

I want to know the history of Sky Chappelle's rivalry with Dave Chappelle.

[@mesamies123]

And Party Boiko?

[@eddiesanchez551]

0:08"all of the stars"I don't know why that made me laugh so much

[@The_Starfleet_Ensign]

I love episodes like these. they are simple questions I just didnt know the answer to....well simple quesitons with a complicated answer

[@pwnd331]

I absolutely love that I found your channel, every video so far is the perfect amount of details and hunour presentation. Keep up those small footnote annotations. Hope more people find your channel man.

[@santo3720]

There is an important part that you left out, the reason Ethiopia refused to become Italy puppet was because the documents signed by both countries had two different translation. And the Ethiopian at the time thought the Italian version had the same conditions as theirs. And Ethiopia managed to beat Italy because it had modern arms and good strategy that it got from Russia

[@gellegrainja8872]

Modern arms 35%

[@maninredhelm]

The Grand Negus knew the Rules of Non-Acquisition.

[@JonatasAdoM]

ROFL!! I'd never associate it

[@anon8979]

@Nunovia Gottdamnedbizzness lol based

[@aaronmarks9366]

Finally, some good fucking reference

[@RoyalFusilier]

Morons: Racist jokes Smarts: Star Trek jokes

[@Joesolo13]

@@anon8979 Fucking NPCs. Yall need to get off that Fox dribble.

[@ChavvyCommunist]

The reason why there was a dissonance between Italian and Ethiopian understandings of the treaty was because it literally said a different thing in Italian compared to Amharic. The part that mentioned conducting foreign affairs through Italy in Amharic instead mentioned annexation in Italian. The Italians stupidly tried to swindle them into giving up their independence, as if they'd somehow just shrug their shoulders and say "Well, it's in the treaty".

[@ChavvyCommunist]

???? What the fuck are you on about.

[@ChavvyCommunist]

Take your white supremacist fanfiction elsewhere. I'm not fucking interested, mate.

[@gestapoboyz6375]

Keep up the good vids👍👍

[@TriviRocks]

Thank you for this informative video! I was told my Italian grandfather fought the "Abisinian war" - never knew what it meant. The good point is, because of that he wasn't recruited to fight in WW II, survived bombardments... and so I'm here! ;)

[@paulnash6944]

“How did Ethiopia stay free?” Liberia: Don’t forget about me!

[@paulnash6944]

@S E P Not speaking from personal experience, but I’d figure it’s pretty hard to be a conquered nation if your people don’t exist as a country.

[@WildsDreams45]

One reason why Ethiopia defeated Italy was that Menelik was trying to convince the Italians that Ethiopians were savages with spears while secrety he was building up an arsenal of cannons and guns. When the Italians invaded they underestimated just how strong the Ethiopians would be and being defeated by what people considered to be less than human was very damaging for Italian prestige. This is one of the reasons why Italians were the but of jokes. This victory is also why the Ethiopians started to be called Caucasians by Western nations and it's why Menelik considered him and his people to be white lol

[@paranoidandroid6095]

Italy: we'll give them guns @ Italy: don't worry, sons, they only have spears

[@WildsDreams45]

@@paranoidandroid6095 You should never take your enemy as a joke even if they are a joke.

[@stannieholt8766]

Sounds like the kind of cover story Wakanda would have put forth to hide its true strength (if it were a real country).

[@theotheagendashill818]

I doubt that the Italians saw them as less human, even fascist Italy wasn't racist against blacks, Mussolini said that race is just a feeling rather than a reality and national ethnicity is what matters

[@WildsDreams45]

@@theotheagendashill818 However, you have to remember that the times play a very important role in how people see each other, unfortunately. During the first Italian invasion of Ethiopia the consensus was that Blacks were sub-human. That's why when Ethiopia won the war Europeans begin to change their opinions, or rather justify why the Ethiopians won. At the time it was thought that they were not as black, that they had larger skulls, and that's what lead to the Victory. Menelik was all to happy to embrace the idea that certain Ethiopians were superior to other Sub-Sahran groups. Maybe it was because he understood that it would give himself and his Nation more prestige thus more legitimacy or maybe he truly did believe it. My point is just that the first Italian invasion was just a different time in history. That a lot would change by the second invasion of Ethiopia as time does that.

[@douglassorren9798]

Sounds good, Until Italy barely won the second go around.

[@void_wyrm]

Ethiopian war 2: spagetti boogaloo or Ethiopian war2: Bald Boi's revenge

[@void_wyrm]

@Milo The Orange *COUGH COUGH* CHEMICAL WEAPONS *COUGH*

[@vatanak8146]

they didnt barely won, they won quite easily

[@Daniel-jm7ts]

@@vatanak8146 of course it's easy when you use chemical weapons

[@eclipse5119]

“Barely” lmao Italians annihilated Ethiopia in ‘36

[@davidcervantes9336]

So having 3 competent kings one after the other is so good it can save you from a massive scramble in your continent. My negus be respected. ✊🏾

[@oceejekwam6829]

Thanks for answering the question concisely.

[@dagmawitesfaye4298]

Man I am literally an Ethiopian watching this & this is your Best video yet

[@cattoleonce4066]

you got me with the negus i wasnt paying attention either💀

[@PhilWood82]

Italy: It's free real estate. Ethiopia: I'm about to ruin their whole career. (Correction: Europe changed to Italy, because reasons)

[@ukxdeadlyzz]

@Will Black ah yes because they didn't want to win the war 🤔 nice one chief

[@nexus6755]

Ethiopia supported the Colonization of every other country around them and took Land specifically Ogaden which was historically and still is majority Somali.

[@LordDeathNote]

@Will Black ... You do realize that in almost every war nations don't conscript all men over 18 right?

[@Jake12220]

At the end of the day it was just buisness as far as European countries were concerned. If they thought it was worth the cost Britain or France would have colonised it, but they already had far more valuable colonies and Ethiopia wasn't seen as terribly useful or valuable so not worth the trouble to capture and hold. It's not a case of if they could, just if they thought it was worth the cost. It's the same situation with most wars not just Ethiopia, Africa or Europe, winning wars is relatively easy, but it costs a lot to hold territory until it settles down and there just wasn't sufficient value in Ethiopia to be worthwhile.

[@arthurfisher1857]

@Will Black ahhh... so no defeat "reeeaaally" counts unless the losing army first throws every able-bodied man in to the fight? Sweet! I can now excuse every embarrassing defeat my country's ever had! Thanks man!!

[@Aniwazoa]

Ethiopian history is so awesome and interesting.

[@True98Gaming]

"I can go to the store" vs "i have to go to the store." Thats what the treaty of wuchale was.

[@MrSarki]

I love the art style and animations

[@mosesbrown4126]

It didn't hurt that they are Christian; so far as the relations with Europe go.

[@fortusvictus8297]

Yeah, its an odd thing, simply not being Christian was enough to exempt countries and peoples from the rule of law in many western cultures...though this still continues in many countries under other religions.

[@j2dragon109]

@@fortusvictus8297 I think it's more the opposite, humans are often bastards to people not part of your group. Being chirstian means you become part of a comman group.

[@xenotypos]

@@fortusvictus8297 Not really that odd, generally one of the reason for "taking charge" was to convert the locals. And to bring civilisation I guess but back then those two notions were close to each other.

[@whitezombie10]

@@fortusvictus8297 colonization was justified by the colonial powers with 4 reasons: 1. imperialism: the rush to make the biggest empire to show strength 2. Racism: no need to explain 3. Bringing Christianity 4. The necessity of using weapons to make the weapons industries gain

[@mrfreeman2911]

@@whitezombie10 point 2 is just pointless. ALL people are racist. The Chinese saw the European powers as inferior to them as just one many examples.

[@brandonehrke6788]

I love how much historicity and dope/snarky illustrations you all work in. Incredibly well spoken narration, with some modern slang thrown in. I love it. I was raised with a classical education myself. Yet one must know, and grow with culture and language itself. We are just one living part, the micro, a part of the macro. It is beautifully mirrored in all things. Thank you for your short animated documentaries! ***So*** Video idea, why does the House of Windsor, ie Saxe-Coburg-Gotha No longer have a claim upon/ or claim their ancestral territorial lands?

[@PitFriend1]

I always wondered why Italy was so keen to take Ethiopia in the run up to WWII and even more confused why they used aerial mustard gas bombs when they had modern for the time weapons, tanks, and of course airplanes. Now I understand it was because the Ethiopians embarrassed them in front of all their colonizing friends earlier.

[@Boretheory]

No the Ethiopians were aided by basically everyone and Italy found itself struggling against an African nation armed with European weapons. The Brits and French had more humiliating defeats yet “ Italy bad”

[@aradat9671]

@@Boretheory total bs Infact the Brits the French and all the axis allies supported the Italy invasion of Ethiopia a lot of ethiopians went to the battle field with traditional weapons and most of the guns were from WW1 with little to no effect from far according to Italians themselves no one faced more humiliating defeat like Italians it's just a fact a world super power like Italy invading pre industrial African country with the biggest and most expensive colonial war in history and Italians had more than half million army air Craft tanks you name it ethiopia was in complete disadvantages + also betrayed by franch and Brits and still Italians got pushed all the way back antle they used master gas and still Italians couldn't conquer Ethiopia led alone fully control occupied parts of Ethiopia even take captial was almost retaken by few black lion soldiers that captured guns from Italians antle they were pushed back by two more battalions keep in mind Ethiopia never surrendered the war never stopped even 16 years old kid with no guns kept ambushing Italians and eventually armed more than 20k black soldier with Italian guns we never surrendered like France Italy was struggling against African country while Germany makes the world 2nd super power France surrender in just 6 weeks y'all tried to invade Greece that had better Military than Ethiopia and not only got humiliated in Greece even to point Greece invaded Albania then y'all had to bring your Daddy Hitler to help Italy will always be the under belly of Europe it will never change

[@JMThought]

And that children is why Menelik II and Ethiopia is a ridiculously OP civ in Civ 6.

[@paul3345]

I had also heard that since the Europeans saw the missionary aspect as key to justify their colonialist expansion, it would have been embarrassing to invade one of the oldest Christian States in the world. Maybe another of your videos mentions this but it's a pity not to hear anything of it in this one.

[@simonjohn6942]

you should do some episodes on Mexico and the Aztecs!

[@flanorlerii]

Negus in Paris

[@MJMJ27]

1:02 silly man... I’m dying 😂😂😂

[@jameshoxworth6447]

This is one of the only history channel that helps you with school (AP World)

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!!!

[@UnknownFortune]

Nice video, but you made one mistake. Menelik did not change his mind on the treaty, the treaty was actually different in Italian and Amharic. In Amharic there was no mention of Ethiopia becoming an Italian satellite, while in Italian Italy had a lot more control over Ethiopia. When Menelik found out about the difference on the treaties war broke out.

[@BigBroTejano]

Video: “their leader is called the Negus.” Comment section: *surprising lack of DS9 references*

[@temporaneo617]

Welp, _TIME TO CHANGE THAT_

[@keeganmoonshine7183]

ferengi means foreigner in Ethiopian language as well... is this coincidence? NEGUS and FERENGI?

[@matthieuberte7137]

you could do the history of Luxembourg next

[@grubbyray34]

Fast and to the point. You sir get a new subscriber

[@adamkerman475]

At 0:18 you can hear something in the background. just thought that was notable

[@Nous98]

Next: How did Thailand survive European colonialism in Asia?

[@paulphanachet]

Laos is Thailand lol

[@mrfreeman2911]

It was used as a buffer zone between French indochina and the British Rah. It was eaten up in part though by those powers.

[@romanretta970]

Nice Video! But it's actually called "Negusa Negest" "Negus" means King while Negusa Negest means King of Kings or Emperor.

[@jaywilliams9294]

1:20 that kid on the Spelling video 😂😂😂

[@shay3355]

History Matters, Your videos are great and extremely easy to understand but please try to add subtitles too as some of the words/sentences are not clearly understandable at various times.

[@rikycori653]

nice video, but could you make the subtitles available because they weren't there?

[@NewRepublicMapper]

Ethiopia: WE ARE FREE! Italy: No Ethiopia: Defeated Italians

[@thunderbird1921]

Ethiopia is one of the most underrated major civilizations in world history. Don't forget the Emperor also sent hundreds of troops to fight in the Korean War against the Commies. IIRC, they even gave American Marines cover during the landings at Inchon.

[@skinner7irish]

Can you do more on Africa?? Would love to see topics like Mali and Ghana empires or great Zimbabwe

[@yo-sefakimbey7009]

Those videos usually bring out racist trolls no matter how factually accurate or educational

[@zapre2284]

@@yo-sefakimbey7009 There's nothing racist about pointing out that there's no really much to learn beyond slave trading of each other.

[@yo-sefakimbey7009]

@@zapre2284 ooh edgy. You're a real clever edgy guy.

[@HashimA-ti9gu]

@@zapre2284 Someone wants to learn more about Neanderthal Vikings instead of Mansa Musa, the richest man in history.

[@MilesLoden-vn6wr]

Ethiopia has to be one of the most impressive empires, lasting 1134-1974 and resisting colonialism, I still think that it is the true chad of Africa

[@MilesLoden-vn6wr]

Apart from the chad nation

[@alceratops6853]

This is exactly why Wakanda is located right where Ethiopia is (Probably)! Bravo, Marvel!

[@dalbyanglican]

Would love a video about Eritrea if you have the time. 😊