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This digital document is an article from History Behind the Headlines, Vols. 1-6, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 4835 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Presents in-depth information on conflicts appearing in today's headlines. Users are provided with historical background and analysis to events to give a greater understanding of the politics, players, and layers of current affairs. ... Read more

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Chapters: Semera, Lake Abbe, Abala, Ethiopia, Elidar, Afdera, Gewane, Diche Oto, Yangudi Rassa National Park, Gulina, Meteka, Awash National Park, Dulecha, Aramis, Ethiopia, Bure, Erebti, Bure Mudaytu, Lake Karum, Dallol, Berhale, Megale, Mount Alayta, Wollo, Telalak, Koneba, Dewe, Mount Ayalu, Yalo, Tat Ali, Simurobi Gele'alo, Fursi, Dubti, Dibina, Artuma, Danakil Desert, Dikika, Ale Bagu, Erta Ale Range, Borawli, Adwa, Hayli Gubbi, Borale Ale. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 102. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Wollo was a historical region and province in the northeastern part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Dessie. The province was named after the Wollo Oromo, who settled in this part of Ethiopia in the 17th century. An older name for Wollo is Lakomelza. Following the liberation of Ethiopia from Italian occupation in 1941, the provinces of Amhara Sayint, Azabo, Lasta, Raya Province, Wag, and Yejju were added to Wollo. A number of peasant rebellions rocked Wollo, which included the Woyane Rebellion in 1943, and revolts of the Yejju Oromo in 1948 and 1970. With the adoption of the new constitution in 1995, Wollo was divided between the Afar Region which absorbed the part of the province that extended into the Afar Depression, the Tigray Region, which annexed the northwestern corner, and the Amhara Region which absorbed the remainder of the province in the Ethiopian highlands. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=9958410 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East, published by Pam Stein/Input Solutions on April 17, 2000. The length of the article is 569 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: EAST AFRICA - Eritrea.(relations with Israel and Ethiopia)(Brief Article)
Publication: APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East (Newsletter)
Date: April 17, 2000
Publisher: Pam Stein/Input Solutions
Volume: 39Issue: 4Page: NA

Article Type: Brief Article

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In this eminently readable, concise history of Ethiopia, Harold Marcus surveys the evolution of the oldest African nation from prehistory to the present. For the updated edition, Marcus has written a new preface, two new chapters, and an epilogue, detailing the development and implications of Ethiopia as a Federal state and the war with Eritrea. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (9)

A History of Ethopia Updated Edition
Read by me and some of my grandchildren. We have a new member of our family from Ethiopia.The author is Harold G. Marcus. I'm keeping it in my library.

A foundation for learning Ethiopian history
I found the book well-written and well-organized according to significant changes in Ethiopia's development. Economics, as well as politics, ethnology and technology are used to explain events and their significance. One thing that did annoy me is the fact that historic maps are all located together in the back, rather than in the sections in which they are relevent. The use of some of the Ethiopian titles of nobility is also confusing, when European equivalents would have done just as well.

Not a casual read by any means, but a serious student of African history could do much worse than Marcus' book.

Good Book
This was the first History book I have read for leisure and I was supprised at how interested I was. A very well written and researched work. The only complaint I have is that the vocabulary was to much for me in places. Im used to looking things up in the dictionary, but not this much. Overall a very good read, will leave you wanting more.

The author is biased !
I personally appreciate all writers' accounts about the African history, especially those about the older civilizations like that of Abyssinia, Aoudal (Adal), Ifat (Yifat), Banadir, Oroma etc. Most of the histories from this region are either written by early travelers, who were apparently subject to their respective contact's account(s). Likewise some writers are subject to either personal inclination to one group or influenced by local authorities to make their fictitious political claims printed in the history in order to subdue others. We therefore should be very careful about the writer's tone vis-à-vis historical realities and events. The author falls to the second category trap (personal or Authority influence). For instance, he gives more credit to Amhara actions while undermining all other nationals in Ethiopia. He even reached a stage where he distorted the really of geographical history maps. Look the maps at the end of book. It is typical dreams of all Abyssinian emperors' ambitions. History is history no body can rewrite but can be corrected when grave distortions like those presented in this book are circulated. The writer is a good writer in literature wise but his story is biased!

A decent but often confusing coverage of Ethiopia
I found this book to be helpful as a general resource of information about Ethiopia's history.However, the reading often becomes confusing, most likely because of the lack of a "big picture" view.The text centers too much on individual events, especially in the first half.Also, I often became unclear of who the author was speaking of when he mentioned "the emperor" or "the king".This feeling was probably caused by the overly rapid introduction of new people. ... Read more

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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1911 edition by Macmillan and Co., Ltd., London. ... Read more

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Khat (catha edulis) is a psychoactive shrub whose tender leaves and twigs are chewed in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula for their euphonizing effects for a millennium. A stimulant grown in small gardens for consumption on cultural and religious occasions around the turn of the last century, khat has now become the preferred and most sought-after cash crop, the most visible and pervasive social habit, and an important income-generating occupation for millions of Ethiopians. Within Ethiopia, khat chewing has become a ubiquitous habit, cutting across class, religious, ethnic, and gender affiliations. In addition to satisfying the domestic demand, Ethiopian producers supply fresh leaves to chewers in Djibouti, the Republic of Somaliland, and some Middle Eastern countries. More recently, refugees from the Horn of Africa further spread the custom of chewing to their host nations, including the United States, Canada, Australia, and various Western European countries, opening up new demand for Ethiopian khat.The growing prominence of khat has prompted many governments to react to the phenomenon variously. While khat use is still legal in many countries, there is growing international pressure to impose a ban on its use and trade. The chapters in the current volume articulate the perplexing questions that khat farmers, traders and traditional users raise about the need for such action by showing that khat is not a drug that leaves a trail of destruction in its wake in the form of addicts, criminal traffickers, and corrupt officials. The khat farmer, trader, and majority of chewers are deeply tied to the leaves for historical, economic and cultural reasons. Khat is an integral part of the agricultural systems of nearly all regions of Ethiopia. In the traditional context, khat is used in ritual and habitual ways that exhibit its cultural embeddedness. As a cash crop, it has improved rural life, enabled farmers to become food self-sufficient, and allowed many to move to non-farm occupations, thus relieving pressure on land resources. The revenue from taxes and duties on khat transactions supports government expenditures and development efforts and the cash flow generates multiplier effects in the regions where it is grown. Ironically titled, Taking the Place of Food, explains that the shift to high-value cash crop agriculture in many parts of Ethiopia represents farmers informed and forward-looking response to changing market situations, political adversities, environmental challenges, and family considerations. The shift was inevitable in a situation where no alternative crop that possessed khat s economic benefits existed. While outlining khat s economic importance and cultural significance, the chapters in this volume stress that khat production cannot be the foundation for sustainable rural development in Ethiopia solely based on the effort of smallholder producers. As such, it highlights the stark choice between extreme poverty and the lure of a high value cash crop that the farmers face. The country faces a similar dilemma. The chapters in this volume collectively argue that official policy thinking must move away from rural development strategies that perpetuate the doctrinaire assumption that farmers must be helped to become better farmers to emphasizing diversification of the regional economy. ... Read more

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Forms of group identity play a prominent role in everyday lives and politics in north-east Africa. These volumes provide an interdisciplinary account of the nature and significance of ethnic, religious, and national identity in north-east Africa. Case studies from Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya illustrate the way that identities are formed and change over time, and how local, national, and international politics are interwoven. Specific attention is paid to the impact of modern weaponry, new technologies, religious conversion, food and land shortages, international borders, civil war, and displacement on group identities. Drawing on the expertise of anthropologists, historians and geographers, these volumes provide a significant account of a society profoundly shaped by identity politics and contribute to a better understanding of the nature of conflict and war, and forms of alliance and peacemaking, thus providing a comprehensive portrait of this troubled region. ... Read more

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The livelihoods of most people in Sub Saharan Africa largely depend on natural resources like forests. But these resources have been degrading mainly because of anthropegnic related factors. Most efforts exerted to rehabilitate degraded resources and manage the remaining ones have not been successful.On the other hand, people have not accumulated wealth from the utilzation of these resources that could stimulate and sustain their economic development when the resources depelet. Thus,pressures on the remaining resources have continued.This book provides emprical findings on efforts to manage the remining patches of forests and issues related to livelihood from Ethiopia. It explores local peoples' livelihoods with regard to natural resource managment.It vastly dewlls on the critical evaluation of the approaches forest owning Organizations have been pursuing and benefits and opportunities sprang to local people from the approaches. Based on the wide literature review provided and findings of this empirical study,the book provides future directions for sustainable forest managment and livelihood development. ... Read more

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The purpose of the study was to understand thespatial variability of climate change impact in BlueNile Basin based on hypothetical climate changescenario and using HBV hydrological model. The assessment samples were 10 catchments of thebasin. And hypothetical climate change scenario thatrange between (-30 to +30) for both precipitationand PET have been investigated. In terms of evaluation of water resource change,most of the stations exhibit more than 18% increasein runoff for PET decrease of 30%Meanwhile most of the stations exhibit more than50% increase in runoff for rainfall increase of 30%. On contrary, 30% reduction in rainfall showedslightly reduced percentage reduction in runoff thanthe increased rainfall produced.These sensitivity analysis conducted on watershedsand river basins under a variety of scenarios mayhelp policy makers to prioritize measures and /orunderstanding the effects of climate change forplanning and, management water resources within theBlue Nile Basin. ... Read more

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In many developing countries, lack of employment opportunities in the rural areas contributes to urbanization, which further accelerated by natural population growth,is beyond the service delivery capacity of the cities. As a result many of their residents has no option but to engage in informal employment, which are unstable and yield only low incomes. The resulting poverty in combination withlack of affordable housing are driving forces behind the formation of informal settlements, which offer only sub-standard living conditions to their inhabitants. Major indicators of housing and basic urban services shows that, the problem is more sever in Awassa. But so far there is little attention being heeded to this vital issue. Therefore this book is fundamentally intended to assess the quality of life of slum households, and to raise some of the possible solution for alleviating the problems. The book provides data on the magnitude and nature of slum in Awassa that serves as a spur to other researchers who are interested to conduct further studies in the area. Besides, the result of the study can also contribute in building knowledge base for academic and research communities. ... Read more

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In this book methods of the annual rainfall, actualevapotranspiration, potential evapotranspiration,recharge (soil moisture surplus) and the change ingroundwater flow estimation are included.Someresearch outputs are also included. Thehydrochemistry study shows that there is spatialvariation in the chemical and physical properties'of water. TDS, temperature, and EC increase fromhighland areas to low land areas. Based on theanalytical results in the project area in NorthWestern Ethiopia, all water types are HCO3 exceptthe thermal spring which is HCO3-Cl type and Ca-Maand Na are the major cations. From groundwater pointof view four general potential zones are delineatedby combining t lithology, geomorphology, and soilmaps of area. These zones are categorized as high,moderately, slightly and least potential zones. ... Read more

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Land use/land cover changes challenge of 3rd worldcountries over the last 50 years has been expansion ofcultivated land largely at the expense of grazing land. Thisbook is to examine land use/land cover dynamics inrelation to livelihood conditions in Fogera plain, NWEthiopia. Driving force of land use/land cover change waspopulation pressure existed in and the adjacent areasfollowed by ecology, agricultural interventions, land tenurepolicies and growth of urban and market centers.Identified benefits assessed after change was access tohigh crop production prolonging food supply ofinhabitants. The analysis is so to forward policy issuesrelated to irrigation and rice technologies be upgrade forbetter food security in the area and transfer knowledgegained to other places nearly having similar agro-ecologicpattern. While decline in number of pure Fogera cattlebreeds, after transformation of transhumant way of cattlemanagement to sedentary farming and shortage of cattle?sfeed, may possibly be taken as input to devise strategythese breeds be kept, preserved and promote theireconomic significance to other parts of the country. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! All railway stations in Ethiopia are served by the Addis Ababa - Djibouti Railway. The Imperial Railway Company of Ethiopia (often referred to by its French name Compagnie Impériale des Chemins de Fer Éthiopiens) was a semi-private firm founded in 1894 to build and operate a railway across eastern Ethiopia from Addis Ababa to the port of Djibouti in what was at the time French Somaliland. The firm failed in 1906 when political discord halted construction, and it failed to obtain any new capital. The portion it had completed ran from Djibouti to the middle of the Ethiopian desert. Its terminus evolved into the city of Dire Dawa. ... Read more