| Kenology said: Secondly, Ethiopia is one of the least developed African nations. Seriously. The Industrial Revolution only happened in Europe - the rest of the world was colonized by Europe. When countries were autonomous, they played catch up to develop their nations. This hasn't really happened in most of Africa for obvious reasons. And the Italian so-called "occupation" of Ethiopia was a disaster. It was really only an occupation of Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa, Harer, Mekele, Axum, and Adwa (along with some points in between). The Ethiopian resistance was in firm control of the countryside. |
I meant that in an age where pretty much the entire world was divided up in empires Ethiopia imported just enough industrial age military power to remain independent.
On my map in 1910 the only other nations in Africa or Asia that remained independent seem to have been Liberia, Afghanistan and the once mighty China.
