Post: He didn't just resist colonization, he crushed it. Meet Menelik, the second, the emperor who beat Europe at it's own game in the late eighteen hundreds. While Europe scrambled for Africa, Ethiopia stood firm. Menelik the second saw it coming, and he was ready. When Italy tried to turn Ethiopia into a colony, he built alliances, modernized his army, and marched into battle. In eighteen, ninety six at the battle of Adware, many LiCS forces smashed the Italians, killing thousands, capturing generals. Improving Africa could win. It was a global shock. Ethiopia. I kept it's freedom, and Menelik became a symbol of African pride, an emperor with vision, faith, and unstoppable resolve. Share, believe, inspire blacks, be.

Post:: He didn't just resist colonization, he crushed it. Meet Menelik, the second, the emperor who beat Europe at it's own game in the late eighteen hundreds. While Europe scrambled for Africa, Ethiopia stood firm. Menelik the second saw… #McGreevy #didntresist #colonizationcrushed #crushedMenelik