Attempted reforms of Emperor Tewodros II
Object Details
- Author
- Pankhurst, Richard
- Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI
- Subject
- Theodore II Negus of Ethiopia -1868
- Illustrations.
- AFAINDEX5
- Contents
- Unification, and curtailment of feudal power -- Military reorganisation, and limitations of looting by the soldiery -- Pacification, and the opening of trade routes -- Innovations at Gafat -- The Gafat foundry -- Cannon-making -- First steps in road-building -- A boat on Lake Tana -- Attempted suppression of the slave trade -- Attempted land reform -- Abandonment of Gondàˆr -- Marriage and dress reform, letter-writing, and the use of Amharic
- 1990
- 19th century
- Call number
- HN789.A8 P36 1990
- Type
- Articles
- Place
- Ethiopia
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Topic
- Foundries
- Cannons (Artillery)
- Roads--Design and construction
- History
- Record ID
- siris_sil_979032
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
