Ethiopia Egypt War 1875-1879

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Abyssinian-Egyptian War 1875-1879

State	Entry	Exit	Combat Forces	Population	Losses
Egypt	1875	1879	200000	23000000	7000
Ethiopia	1875	1879	100000	5000000	30000

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The Tigrayan Kassa took the imperial crown as Yohannes IV on January 21, 1872. After ejecting two Egyptian armies from the highlands of Eritrea in 1875-76, Yohannes moved south, forcing Shewa's king Menilek to submit and to renounce imperial ambitions. Yohannes thus became the first Ethiopian emperor in 300 years to wield authority from Tigray south to Gurage. He then sought to oust the Egyptians from coastal Eritrea, where they remained after the Mahdists had largely taken over the Sudan...

Last Update: December 16, 2000

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