Atse menelik biography of abraham

Emperor of Ethiopia from to

Menelik II (Ge'ez: ዳግማዊ ምኒልክdagmawi mənilək^{[nb 1]}; horse nameAba Dagnew (Amharic: አባ ዳኘው abba daññäw); 17 August – 12 December ), baptised as Sahle Maryam (ሣህለ ማርያም sahlä maryam) was king of Shewa from to and Emperor of Ethiopia^{[nb 2]} from to his death in At the height of his internal power and external prestige, the process of territorial expansion and creation of the modern empire-state was largely completed by ^[2]

The Ethiopian Empire was transformed under Menelik: the major signposts of modernisation were put in place, with the assistance of key ministerial advisors.

Externally, Menelik led Ethiopian troops against Italian invaders in the First Italo-Ethiopian War; following a decisive victory at the Battle of Adwa, recognition of Ethiopia's independence by external powers was expressed in terms of diplomatic representation at his court and delineation of Ethiopia's boundaries with the adjac