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The Treaty of Wuchale (Uccialli): How Italy’s Bid to Make Ethiopia a Protectorate Led to War

The Treaty of Wuchale (ውጫሌ in Amharic, Uccialli in Italian) was an agreement between the Ethiopian Empire and Italy signed in the city of the same name, in northern Ethiopia, on May 2, 1889. However, what seemed to be a simple treaty aimed at promoting trade between the two nations concealed the Italian intention of imposing a protectorate over Ethiopia. Once the Ethiopians discovered the ruse, the resulting unrest eventually led to the First Italo-Ethiopian War (1895–1896), which ended with the Italian defeat at the Battle of Adwa.

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International Conference Ethiopian Art and Architecture: Recent Studies with focus on the 16th to the 18th centuries

From 9 to 11 November, the Universidad Complutense de Madrid will held the International Conference Ethiopian Art and Architecture: Recent Studies with focus on the 16th to the 18th centuries, organised in cooperation with the Warburg Institute – School of Advanced Study of the University of London, the University of Uppsala and the StateHorn Project (CSIC-Incipit).

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