Kings of Solomon: The Barefoot Emperor - Ethiopian Empire - Part 5 - Extra History

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[@lethalslaughterband5498]

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[@reentrysfs6317]

Don’t have it availabke

[@krishnamurthyk9797]

Pls make a series on Chhatrapati Shivaji. 🙏🙏

[@AnonymousanonymousA]

And it was CALLED ABYSSINIA BRUH THAT IS THE MOST BASIC INFORMATION STOP CALLING IT ETHIOPIA, THE NAME CHANGED IN THE 1900s possible it was referred to Ethiopia 2000 or so years ago but not in the 1800s

[@AnonymousanonymousA]

Is a Shoan feeding you these misleading details?

[@Windona]

Dang, Tewodros went from a seemingly epic dashing hero to a tragic one. This episode is how I learned about him and now I think he should get an HBO series.

[@andrewklang809]

Better a two-parter, on Tewodros and Menelik: How to mean well, but do it wrong, and how to do it right.

[@Mude-wv9bj]

Either you die a hero or you live long enough to see yourselve become a villain

[@Carewolf]

The good place breaking bad..

[@agustincorales4786]

@@andrewklang809 Similar to Henry VIII, dashing and young at first, and then went downhill

[@extrahistory]

@@Mude-wv9bj Ohhhh Killer quote for this!

[@aradat9671]

“I know their game. First, the traders and the missionaries: then the ambassadors: then the cannon. It's better to go straight to the cannon.” -Emperor Tewodros ll the great

[@ChristopherKetcherside]

Why waste all that time destabilizing yourself?

[@mg4361]

Important point is also when this was happening - the early 1860s. The reason why the UK was dependant on egyptian and turkish cotton was that the US, the previous supplier, was in the middle of a civil war and the southern cotton stuck due to the blockade.

[@captiannemo1587]

Except they were not super dependent. They had 2-3 years worth of cotton sitting in warehouses in the UK. Unused.

[@greg_mca]

If the British had really wanted that cotton an American blockade would not have stopped them. They simply made an economic and honestly pragmatic choice, which ultimately set their course

[@user-fc5zq7dh2w]

Crazy how all of history is connected

[@jamesboswell1804]

Facts

[@robtoe10]

British factory workers refused to work with cotton imported from US slave states during the US Civil War. Lincoln wrote a letter to the cotton workers thanking them for the support and thus there is now a statue of Lincoln in Manchester.

[@Ggdivhjkjl]

For any English speakers who might happen to be watching, Tewodros is the Ethiopian form of Theodore (like how Mikhail is the Russian form of Michael).

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

Basically both are coming from medieval greek " Θεώδορος" and " Μιχαήλ" although Mikhail is originated from the Jewish language 😉 in a way the Ethiopian and Russian spelling are more correct than the English

[@Threezi04]

Fun fact it stems directly from the Egyptian version Tawadros, due to adopting the Coptic church from Egypt they also adopted their versions of biblical names.

[@Zeyede_Seyum]

Tewodros II the first emperor of modern Ethiopia. His name became popular under the Derg rule in the 70's.

[@anttibjorklund1869]

As someone who studied Greek, it *did* sound a bit too similar to "theodoros" not to be a coincidence.

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

@@anttibjorklund1869καλησπέρα νέα ελληνικά η αρχαία; 😃

[@MariaVosa]

I would absolutely love to see a high budget 5 season TV series about Tewodros II. Absolutely jaw dropping life. Tragic and inspirational at the same time.

[@bereketeabteshome8126]

True infact if one can invest on Ethiopian history as a movie will be the next game of thrones except its real with no shortage of information

[@kingmisssile9730]

@@bereketeabteshome8126 There could be even more information if Eritrea was not so isolated

[@Tsuruchi_420]

This series practically forced me to play as a solomonid in Crusade kings, like, how could I not?

[@Tribuneoftheplebs]

It's an awesome challenge with the powerful Muslims nearby that will poop on you if you try to holy war.

[@tyrant-den884]

Let me get this straight English Robin Hood: fake and dies tragically and without lands or heirs in the name of king who never sets foot England Ethiopian Robin Hood: becomes emperor

[@AtlasNovack]

Matt turning to his left at the end is the scariest thing I've seen on this show

[@lethalslaughterband5498]

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[@subira8518]

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[@lethalslaughterband5498]

@@subira8518 yea

[@jimmiller368]

Yo can we get a time stamp?

[@TheHortoman]

@@jimmiller368 8:52

[@shawnheatherly]

I'm so glad this series is getting another episode, I am fascinated.

[@TheCreepypro]

a shame we don't learn about ethiopian history in the west or at least of this man and his contributions to history

[@henokteka]

Great work guys. I wish the betrayal of the Ethiopian aristocracy in the war against Britain and industrial endeavor of Theodros including Sebastopol (the first heavy gun artillery made entirely in Ethiopia) had gotten some mentions in the series.

[@kevincronk7981]

weird that they gave it a foreign name for such a big national achievement

[@henokteka]

@@kevincronk7981 agreed, very strange. Maybe it was named after Sevastopol? Some engineers from Russian empire were involved? Ethiopian kings tend to get along with the Tsars.

[@andrewklang809]

The aristocracy had no love for Tewodros, and no reason to support him against the British. They would have lost their armies anyway had they sent them to battle the exceptionally strong British expedition (the British wandered into all sorts of disasters during this period, but this was the best-prepared army by far). Why die for an Emperor who was trying to take away your power, your wealth, and your slaves? We can see them as evil or treacherous, but they had no reason not to put themselves first.

[@AMR_k400]

@Kevin Cronk It was named after a battle in crimea that took place around that time, Ethiopians admired the russian empire. Russians werent active in Ethiopia at the time tho.

[@Vanity_vanity]

@@andrewklang809no they were selfish,the church didn’t like him because he took the land they had and ordered 3 priests per church while others should join the military And his enemies couldn’t defeat so Britain was their only hope

[@LukeSky2207]

Ironic how Ethiopia and Europe were out of sync so much. While Europeans hoped "Prester John" would help them in the Crusades and overthrow the Muslim Sultanates, Ethiopia was cool just being themselves, and Tewdoros, when any idea of an Crusade would be ludicrous, wanted to fulfill that idea.

[@aradat9671]

Ethiopians never refused a crusade they were not invited in first place but Trust me any Emperor would have accepted a crusade in a heartbeat for example when a Yemen Jewish kingdom to killing Christians Ethiopian Emperor Kaleb invaded Yemen with Byzantium naval fleet transport axumite (Ethiopians) soldiers to Yemen then King Kaleb placed Christian ruler in Yemen and Ethiopia is surrounded by musilms kingdoms and Empire's like Ottomans so the Emperor always wanted to Gain there power back when axumite Empire stretched from Ethiopia Eritrea Somaliland coast's Kush and all the way to Yemen at one time ethiopian ruler of Yemen King abrah had a failed invasion of Mecca with elephants it's recorded in the Quran he mostly likely failed due to the hot desert that but the Quran said birds killed whole ethiopians army with elephants

[@kobebryant346]

Tewodros! Ethiopian and Amhara legend. Long live the motherland. God bless.

[@zenith6939]

Wow, you are actually extending this, that’s quite nice to hear. I can’t wait for the finale of this fascinating history series!

[@Reno_user]

Ahh another very informing video about Ethiopian history.

[@CactusJackIV]

Love the channel, extra History rules!!

[@extrahistory]

You Rule!

[@etiennelouisboulleejoe8246]

and then you doubled down on that take and called everyone who had qualms with it a bigot , remember that ?

[@lightwalker222]

"the European support that would shield him from colonialism" this was absolutely necessary, as the effects of the Monroe doctrine took hold and European nations could no longer colonize the Americas, their attention turned to Africa... and the result of that attention was just as horrifying as it was when they found gold in the Americas.

[@lethalslaughterband5498]

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[@Kaiserboo1871]

Except for the Congo, I wouldn’t say as horrifying. It sucked but it wasn’t like the America’s whose native populations were driven to near extinction.

[@asopbob6064]

@@Kaiserboo1871 XD

[@Boretheory]

@@Kaiserboo1871 the Congo was the worst case. Ethiopia or Lybia were good examples the colonialists left infrastructure and used the local treasuries to built poor land into industrial societies… untill they fell apart again

[@lightwalker222]

@@Kaiserboo1871 I would exempt the effects of smallpox since the conquistadors didn't understand disease to that degree and cannot have started the epidemics on purpose.

[@sirwelch9991]

Good continuity. Make sure you cover the entire timeline.

[@Numba003]

Woohoo for another episode!! Thank you guys! This series has been fascinating. I would be happy to see several more episodes on Ethiopia. Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you, friends. ✝️ :)

[@kevincronk7981]

so glad this is getting another episode, this is my favorite part of history

[@BannanaMan]

Interesting, I think this deserves extra credits.

[@LandoCalani404]

Will love this animation now and forever.

[@lethalslaughterband5498]

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[@kevincronk7981]

so glad to see a new episode of this series!

[@thebashar]

I first learned of Emperor Twedoro from a Flashman book. It's good to see more exposure.

[@arnabmahapatra8021]

Ethopia could have become the Japan of Africa had things went a bit different

[@andrewklang809]

It would have required a much earlier point of divergence. Japan was cut off from the world by choice, and was otherwise perfectly capable of "modernizing" as quickly as anyone else (they adopted the musket and learned how to reverse-engineer it for domestic production almost immediately), but Ethiopia was hemmed in by hostile powers on land (Egypt/Sudan, Somalia) and sea (the Ottomans), and was for its entire history an inland, isolated kingdom. Had some sort of stable, centralized government formed in the aftermath of the Adal War and maintained contact with Europe with an eye to modernize even along a similar track as Safavid/Qajar Persia, then maybe. But that war exhausted Ethiopia and led directly to its re-fragmentation back into a medieval/feudal/tribal polity. Even when Japan went through its long Sengoku period, no part of the country was isolated, and trade and diplomacy carried on much as normal.

[@angusyang5917]

Alternate History Hub actually talked about it in one of his videos, he says it wouldn't have worked out for Ethiopia

[@Boretheory]

No it couldn’t. It was left to itself after ton of Italian debt and Royal family treasury was used to develop the nation and today its still poir

[@tewekdenahom485]

Japan and ethiopia are way different

[@dolla316]

@@angusyang5917 unfortunately alternate history hub is extremely blind to point fault about African history and politics

[@malachiphoniex8501]

Now, I'm loving the past few series and I don't demand anything but I have a few ideas on little talked about topics: the deadliest Civil War in history and a prequel to your Sun Yat-Sen series, the Taiping Rebellion; a short series to pair with the Mary seacole series, the Crimean War; and the Mexican-American War from the Mexican perspective.

[@nivramaboagye1135]

You guys are Great ! For real. Thank u . Pleace do too more episooooooods!!!

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Extra Credits could really do a cover of the Kingdoms of Armenia or Georgia.

[@savabout6487]

Seeing the stories Tamar or David the builder would be amazing 🇬🇪

[@NguyenHoang-mo7hs]

Tewodros II: Arrest British envoy. Britain: *Mongol noise intensifies*

[@easytech_enjoyer8920]

Cool video and will we see about what the other nations thought about the italians loosing to Ethiopia

[@The_Cyber_System]

Thanks Extra Credits for the content warnings in the videos. They don't go unnappreciated

[@bradynewbold3763]

Interesting bit of history that I’ve never dived into before

[@TheTrainiac377]

I like the history topics when you guys can make 6 episodes on it, means more stuff for the viewers to shove down our throats :D

[@locomotive5275]

“HONEY WAKE UP ANOTHER SOLOMON EPISODE HAS DROPPED!”

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[@sudanipropagandist6214]

I'm most excited for the next episode because sudan will be a big focus.

[@Fishtyi]

yeah me too I wish they also make the Nubian series or a Mahdi series

[@sudanipropagandist6214]

@@Fishtyi facts

[@shotamoon]

i dont think so that was emperor yohannes which was before menelik, i think they skipped it

[@leestudios9948]

Finally the next episode the Battle of adwa

[@IDremOI]

Loving this series!

[@palladin9479]

Perfect example of the law of unintended consequences and why rules need to be slow and careful when making changes. For every beneficial effect a change has, there is likely to be at least two other effects that are not beneficial.

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

I don't believe he has that luxury given the time period...

[@LCCWPresents]

Another sticky thing to talk about, why menilik the 2 didn’t invade eriteria after the battle of adwa (Ethiopians viewed his lack of invasion after that campaign a big mistake).

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

If I remember correctly the Ethiopians barely won that battle, owing their victory more to Italian incompetence than their own superiority. Their logistics is so fragile had the Italians waited a few days more the Ethiopian army would have dispersed for a lack of food...

[@darkrieshunter6670]

there were other contender to the throne and they can barely supplied enough food to their men after all he command a 100,000 force think about how much resource they needed to consume. The Italian weren't the only foreign threat there were also the Mahdist as they raided Ethiopia and manage to killed the former Emperor Yohannes IV and sack the ancient city of Gondar.

[@henokteka]

very contested topic, depending on who you ask you'd get dozen's of explanations. An Eritrean would probably say, ti's because Menlik recognized and respected Eritrea's independence. Most present day ethno-nationalists, especially those from Tigray of Ethiopia, would say it was a markedly cynical move by him to divide Tigray and weaken Tigrayan nobility who were considered closest rivals to his Shoan base, others would present more practical reason, mainly logistical, considering the years long drought and famine that battered the empire in the years just before the war.

[@Eyammovie]

@@theotherohlourdespadua1131 nah they won completely but... If they go up it will be disaster

[@GeneralLocooo]

@@theotherohlourdespadua1131 The oromo cavalry completely slaughtered the italians. lol

[@waleedkhalid7486]

Remember kids, don’t try to reform your society too quickly!

[@Dragons_Armory]

You may greatly protest Tewodros' later reign's methods, but on a political level his efforts to achieve internal unification and stability, parrying blows from the apex predators of the time (on crunch time btw since this was the cusp toward the height of the imperialism period) while forging an efficient modern nation with a loyal army and obedient bureaucrats that could be relied on was necessary. He gave the grit that allowed Ethiopia to both survive and be free. Great historical figures are not saints, and neither Meiji Japan or Kingdom of Thailand survived and rapidly modernized without getting their hands dirty. And It still must be said Tewodros trying to do several generation of modernization and crunch it all in 1 reign. The alternative would be a feudal patchwork of very divided feifs that would be easily crushed and subjugated by a great European Empire that is scrambling for Africa at the time. Instead? Ethiopia got the footing to not only surivive, but to deal a knockout blow right squarely in the face of the Italians. He might be a hardass, but he's the gruff, no-none sense coach that the Ethiopian people needed.

[@anderskorsback4104]

Constant rebellion doesn't sound like either unity nor stability. Was it really worth it, let alone necessary, to tax the people so hard? Sounds like whatever economic resources he gained by doing so ended up being squandered on internal repression that would not otherwise have been needed.

[@gabrielandradeferraz386]

Indeed it does. But heroes who dont die early usually live to become villains... His trying to match a developed economy with feudal workers and and poor peasants sounds like a great exercise in frustration. He was a man of power, and when the power starts to run out, those use the only power that is always there. Violence.

[@Dragons_Armory]

Oh Im sure the European empire that shows up later (you know, looking at what they did to Sudan, Somaliland, and across much of Africa until even the 1950s) would not have involved .

[@Dragons_Armory]

@@anderskorsback4104 Have we missed the last 2 century of Ethiopia's divided history where feudal lords were fighting and warring with each other like the Sengoku era? OOOH Im sure there's no repression...in a constant war. You know some how there's less repressions in wars in that line of argument, who'd have known.

[@Ryu_D]

Thank you for the video.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

It’s always the people with power that don’t want to change and keep to the status quo.

[@JIJCrow]

They should call Tewodros the Henry VIII of Ethiopia for going from a 13th century Robin Hood to a despotic monarch

[@tankery1018]

Finally. I can see the full studio.

[@spidermanplay8506]

Love this ❤️❤️

[@ShawlerAgbaje]

This was a case of “You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.”

[@theemries4766]

Tewodros, you were the chosen one! It was said you would stop the corrupt Ethiopian nobility, not join! Bring order to the empire, not leave it in darkness! Peasants loved you…

[@abcdef27669]

He was a great leader, but unfortunately he lived long enough to become the villain...

[@andrewklang809]

Tewodros: "Armies don't pay for themselves, bruh."

[@darkrieshunter6670]

army expensive man

[@aradat9671]

Literally one of the biggest reasons for Tewodros fall is that he took excess land from the church to the people his tax was to pay for his new unified army from many provinces which is expensive to the point the people said it was better to go back to the backward age of the Princess era obviously you will expect some of negative response when you try to centralize and modernize other than that alot of people loved Tewodros most of his enemy's was the Noble's kings and the chruch which made the most noise not to mention losing his wife affected his him alot most of his biggest mistakes was after his wife died

[@arrondesta3278]

Extra credit, you guys forgot about the history of king Yohannes IV & Ras Alula and the Battle of Gallabat

[@otakugamer748]

They betrayed tewodros they let enemy forces in the holy land of ethiopia and worse they supported the invasive colonizers so there is no reason to make a video about them.

[@MaximKolchuk]

Amazing

[@lethalslaughterband5498]

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[@jdzencelowcz]

U either die a hero, or U live long enough to see yourself become the villain....

[@bobby8012]

I love extra credit

[@lethalslaughterband5498]

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[@lopsideduser-lz1bg2oc7r]

If it wasn't for Tewodros Ethiopia wouldn't have existed as we know it today his reforms were necessary for the upcoming struggles for the sovereignty of the nation.

[@StoryTeller796]

2:36 oh this is going to turn from Robin Hood to Hamlet, or the other one that I don't remember, isn't it?

[@discountplaguedoctor88]

And now I'm wondering if these guys had played the African Dynasties DLC for AOED3.

[@CarltonMasonNorwood]

I love how extracredits basically, informed us more of their sponsors than of Ethiopia. ☠️

[@Kaiju-Driver]

Very interesting

[@lemigemedi9896]

Bro I love what you do. Thank you for teaching people about My county rich history. Moreover can you please do a video on Oromo Gadaa system.

[@kts8900]

Angry rich face is my favorite face in this series.

[@imperialhistati2348]

Tewodros, unlike my own ancestors, was actually Wise in pushing missionaries to teach locals how to make Guns. Rather than lazily just buying them, using them, breaking them, then getting a new one. Very very Wise and Farsighted decision.👏🏿✊🏿

[@mikaelmengistu3537]

Great episode! It would have been nice of you mentioned why the British were able to defeat Tewodros easily. He only had between 5000 - 10000 soldiers when he faced the British army because all the people of Ethiopia including the church had abandoned and turned against him. Moreover, the British did not want to say because they knew that all the people and enemies of Tewodros would turn against them if they decided to conquer the country. And they knew how difficult defeating a united Ethiopia was at the time (meaning before tanks and airplanes).

[@Matthew-Anthony]

"You either die a hero, or live long enough to become a villain."

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

Here again!

[@stardustandflames126]

8:55 Matt from side view?? Impossible!

[@chrisigoeb]

Before I even watched you got a like for that thumbnail

[@axelbruce2685]

Could you continue the ethopian seris all way up 2022 and civil war nice videos

[@greenpulseeducation5002]

The crown was from my 6 my grand grand father. Prince Ras(Duke) Wube of Semien province. His last rival.

[@solidonseraindogthetenth1679]

Really 🤔🤨

[@theassassin9326]

The title of wube was Dejazmach not Ras.

[@amdetsion3256]

@@theassassin9326 Wube was a Dejazmatch turned Ras.

[@greenpulseeducation5002]

@@solidonseraindogthetenth1679 Yes. From his son Kassa Wube who was imprisoned in Debre Tabor. The main reason Tiruwork Wube accepted the emperor marriage request was to get her brother freedom. Off course the release never happened.

[@theassassin9326]

@@amdetsion3256 when?

[@mariomartinez6134]

ExtraCredits never fails to impress

[@andrewweitzman4006]

There is a Flashman novel about the British expedition against Tewodros over this.

[@philtkaswahl2124]

Tewodros II: Tewodros Harder. Way, way, too hard.

[@essneyallen6777]

I'm dreading next episode 😞

[@tananario]

Tysm

[@pinkflames972]

Nice

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[@kaleabmiitku1934]

Don’t forget when England messengers and missionaries saw Tewodros at his palace the first time, he literally had 4 lions sleeping around him as pets seating on his thrown..the British folks were scared to even get close and shake his hands….and also England had Indian, erterian and Ethiopian solders who folded again tewodros by leading 7 day trail all the way to Mekdela mountain were his palace was..in our country till this day there is a saying(mekdela terara chuhet berekete, yesetun anakim wend 1 sew mote) in English something along the line of (Maqdala’s peak, with screams that soar, Of the women’s fate, we know no more. But one man’s fall, bold and brave, Left his mark on Maqdala’s grave.)

[@krishnamurthyk9797]

Please make a series on Chhatrapati Shivaji. 🙏🙏🙏👍

[@otakugamer748]

Great content truly the unbiased story of emperor tewodros crazy how other ethiopians try to undermine great kings of ethiopia because of their ethnicities may God free us from this really backwards mentality

[@pineapplephill7934]

day 3 for asking for the next series being about the 1821 Greek rebellion

[@supermavro6072]

You mean 1821, the day Greek was created. With the heIp of Arvanite soIdiers.

[@harpman476]

Who like to see a "Extra Pre-History" series, in which the EC crew focus on natural history. Yay for yes and nay for no.

[@ecurewitz]

EC does dinosaur! RAWR!!!

[@ewok40k]

Magdala expedition showed the fearsome power of 19th century European power projection... With scramble for Africa going on, I wonder who will try to reach for ethiopian cut of the continent--cake? Will be it British, hoping to build on the results of Magdala? French with their famed Foreign Legion? Answers next episode!

[@KhrisIvanov]

In a way Ethiopia reminds me of the Japan of Africa.

[@moderatemapper9440]

No, not at all, there is no Japan of africa. Ethiopia had to potential to be it but the leaders did not put their plans into action

[@xmediabox]

indeed Ethiopia is by far more that what it is today.Ethiopia is by far that thing

[@yes-fe5si]

Just try to imagine what would happen if that letter arrived and queen Victoria read it? Would she send wepons and army? Or would she do nothing?

[@R7AWSUM]

This series makes it feel the key to Ethiopian success was that none of the much larger world powers cared enough to stick around after beating them.

[@moderatemapper9440]

Simply because it wasn't their plan to colonize them at the time

[@teswsenbet1041]

We Ethiopians don't see Ethiopia's independence that way at all. We believe that Ethiopia has stayed independent and will stay independent in one way or another, by the will of God: by fighting ( Adwa Italy, Egypt, Ottoman Turk, Persia, . . ) , intelligence and diplomacy ( Alexander the Great), foreign support (Gragen Ahmed, second Italo-Ethiopian war), . . .

[@66sec65]

Mainly because they couldn’t control it. Rarely does a power win against Ethiopia and when they do they can’t fight against people constantly rebelling. Which is one reason why the British didn’t want to stay. All they did was take some resources and left.

[@rediettadesse2828]

British entered Ethiopia by allying themselves with other rebels in tigray , the whole Ethiopians did not fight them because they know it's tewodros war , ppl know they did not come to stay n rule , if so they would've all fight them

[@Tribuneoftheplebs]

Ethiopia is landlocked mountainous and doesnt really have any natural resources aside from its large population. Nothing about it was attractive to a colonizing power.

[@waffle2434]

6:01 Wait, I have a question, aren't the Ottomans Turkish? So what do you mean here? Are you saying that there were other Turkish kingdoms on the red sea that were separate from the Ottomans? Like why do you specifically refer to this growing presents has "Turkish" rather then Ottoman?

[@teddyissak2720]

That's why you don't need to read any "historical" records written by Westerners, specially the brits

[@thehowlinggamer5784]

huh. just realized how similar Ethiopia is to feudal japan. I'm not the only one seeing this, right? emperor with some divine right stuff, factional powers with personal armies with beefs against each other, a strive to unify and modernize with pressures not to... Ethiopia, the Japan of Africa...

[@j56650]

Hey can you guys do mythology about Hanuman

[@noverplays8925]

BRUH I JUST FINISHED THE LAST 4 EPISODES

[@postapocalypticnewsradio]

PANR has tuned in.

[@lethalslaughterband5498]

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@@lethalslaughterband5498 hey big cat! Keeping well?

[@bob-ex1jr]

Wait, you skipped Yohannes IV???

[@empvms]

Will u end the series with Selassie or into the present?

[@666johnco]

Excellent series but 'ahem' rifles wise everyone is using rolling block Remingtons? Which only entered service fir the first time in 1867 in Scandinavia. They reached the Egyptian army in the 1870's. The Ethopian's should have percussion rifled muskets at best and the British were using the Snider-Enfield. The Enfield Rifled musket converted to a breech-loader following the 'shock' caused to Europe by the needle gun during the Austro-Prussian war.

[@HopeRock425]

How do you choose clothes for the people? Do you do research for every century or just draw something that seems to make sense?

[@tewodrossamson790]

As an Ethiopian i can confirm these are accurate to the historical clothing and likeness to the originals

[@phoeniximperator]

do one on King John II of Portugal

[@Kilgorio]

wow

[@syedmasoodali2064]

Why not make 1 long ep explaining WHY the civil war happened

[@user-fc5zq7dh2w]

Which civil war

[@darkrieshunter6670]

@@user-fc5zq7dh2w I think he mean the age of the princes

[@user-fc5zq7dh2w]

@@darkrieshunter6670 ahh ok I think he explains it in a later episode

[@andrewklang809]

@@user-fc5zq7dh2w That's not a civil war, that's a century plus breakdown of all centralized authority. That's a return to the entropic norm. All great empires fall. 16th-19th century Ethiopia was a land without central authority. Basically, what it was before there was an Ethiopian Empire. Organized, stable, centralized polities are the exception, at least when you look back more than 150 years or so.

[@cintron3d]

"Hid inside from the day star" 😂

[@supermavro6072]

I can see why many African names are popular in Greece.

[@vitabricksnailslime8273]

Oh yeah, we grow our ingredients using the most intensive techniques, have it shipped to our centres from all over the country using our fleet of diesel burning trucks, process the stuff using the best machinery, have it packed into lots of disposable plastic containers to keep it "HelloFresh", pack that into individualised cardboard boxes, have it shipped out again to our distribution centres, and from there to your door. And the best part of it is that it's all Carbon neutral! That is, our marketers are entirely neutral about whether or not our products produce more CO2 than what might have been the case if our customers weren't so damned lazy.

[@castaingruben]

Your hello fresh code doesn't work on the NZ site.