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The 26 pages that link to Menelik II, each with the reason it gives.

• Scramble for AfricaRelated: His victory preserved Ethiopian independence against a major European invasion.

• Battle of AdwaRelated: He assembled Ethiopia’s forces and directed the campaign against Italy.

• Haile SelassieRelated: Menelik’s reign shaped the empire Selassie inherited.

• Italian EritreaRelated: His resistance prevented the colony from becoming a springboard for Italian control of Ethiopia.

• AmharicRelated: The growth of the modern Ethiopian state under his rule strengthened Amharic’s administrative reach.

• Ethiopian nobilityRelated: His administration incorporated regional elites while extending imperial rule over newly conquered territories.

• First Italo-Ethiopian WarRelated: He mobilized Ethiopian forces and led the diplomacy that challenged Italy’s claims.

• Treaty of WuchaleRelated: He negotiated the treaty as Ethiopia’s ruler.

• Taytu BetulRelated: As her husband and emperor, he shared power with Taytu during Ethiopia’s expansion and the founding of Addis Ababa.

• Addis AbabaRelated: His court established the settlement that became the city.

• HararRelated: His forces’ capture of Harar in 1887 ended the emirate’s independence.

• ZewdituRelated: Zewditu was his daughter, and her imperial legitimacy rested partly on that dynastic connection.

• Ras Alula EngidaRelated: Alula served Menelik during the Italian advance and the tensions preceding the war.

• Amhara peopleRelated: His reign illustrates the power and reach of the imperial state associated with Amhara political history.

• Mohammed Abdullah HassanRelated: His reign coincided with Ethiopian expansion that shaped the regional politics Hassan confronted.

• History of EthiopiaRelated: His reign consolidated the empire and led Ethiopia to victory at Adwa.

• Lij IyasuRelated: He designated Iyasu as his successor before his death.

• Dervish WarRelated: His expansion into Somali-inhabited regions helped shape the Ethiopian-Dervish frontier.

• Italo-Ethiopian WarRelated: As king of Shewa during the conflict, he helped coordinate opposition to Italian advances.

• Flag of EthiopiaRelated: A 19th-century flag associated with his reign used the green, yellow, and red colors in horizontal bands.

• Mikael of WolloRelated: Mikael’s rise unfolded under the emperor whose succession he later contested.