Period of Ethiopian decentralization when regional warlords reduced the emperor to a figurehead.
Ended on 11 February 1855 when Kassa Hailu was crowned Emperor Tewodros II, having defeated all rival regional lords in a series of battles culminating at Derasge, 1855; Tewodros II then began the reunification and modernization of Ethiopia.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Zemene Mesafint (Era of the Princes) — the shape you scrub through changes in 1769 · 1799.
Includes the Era of the Princes and Ethiopia's reunification.
A long view of the Ethiopian state through its decentralized era.