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Adwa (ä`dwä), Aduwa, or Adowa (both: ä`dəwä), Ital. Adua, town (1994 pop. 24,519), Tigray region, N Ethiopia. Lying on the highway between Aksum and Adigrat, Adwa is an agricultural trade center. Adwa was the most important commercial center of Tigray in the 19th cent., but declined in the 1870s as a result of the dislocation caused by the fighting between Ethiopia and Egypt. In 1896, Adwa was the site of the battle in which Menelik II Menelik II , 1844–1913, emperor of Ethiopia after 1889. He was originally ras (ruler) of Shoa (central Ethiopia). After the death (1868) of Emperor Tewodros II, Menelik, with Italian support, gained strength steadily.
..... Click the link for more information. decisively defeated Italian invaders and forced them out of Ethiopia. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Other popular themes were the Biblical tale of Queen Sheba, believed to be from Ethiopia, meeting King Solomon and the 1896 Battle of Adwa in which Ethiopian troops routed an Italian colonial expedition. A UNAMID Team conducted an assessment mission last Wednesday to Adwa village, about 40 km north of Nyala town in South Darfur on Wednesday to verify reports about the return of IDPs to their village. Gebrekristos' grandfather and father were also both renowned for paintings depicting the defeat of the Italian invaders at the Battle of Adwa, one of Ethiopia's most famous battles and the one that saved the country from European colonialisation. |
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