Ethiopia's Era of the Princes
1753
With the Solomonic emperors at Gondar reduced to figureheads, regional warlords fought for real power. The Oromo queen Mentewab ruled in her son's name; Ras Mikael of Tigre would soon eclipse her. For a century Ethiopia would be a patchwork of feuds, mountain strongholds, and peasant survival. Only in the mid-1800s would a unifier emerge.
In context
Also in 1753 (3 other events on record)
- Linnaeus Publishes Species Plantarum · Europe · Science
- British Museum Founded by Act of Parliament · Europe · Culture
- Washington's Mission to the French · North America · Politics
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Era
Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.