3,000 Years of Ethiopian History in 22 Minutes

In the third century, a Persian prophet named the four greatest kingdoms on Earth: Persia, Rome, China… and a fourth one most people have never heard of. This is the whole story of Ethiopia in one sitting: from Lucy and the kingdom of Aksum to churches carved into solid rock, a war that nearly ended the country, and the day an Italian army marched in expecting an easy colonial war. Chapters 0:00 Cold open 0:28 Promise 0:50 Chapter 1: Before Aksum 2:03 Chapter 2: The Forgotten Superpower 4:13 Chapter 3: The Cross and the Refugees 6:29 Chapter 4: Collapse and the Rock Churches 8:18 Chapter 5: The Children of Solomon 10:02 Chapter 6: The War That Nearly Ended Ethiopia 12:04 Chapter 7: Castles and Chaos 13:31 Chapter 8: The Emperor Who Fought the British 15:11 Chapter 9: Adwa 18:20 Chapter 10: Mussolini's Revenge 20:32 Chapter 11: Revolution and Famine 22:07 Outro Further reading Stuart Munro-Hay, Aksum: An African Civilisation of Late Antiquity Richard Pankhurst, The Ethiopians: A History Harold G. Marcus, A History of Ethiopia Bahru Zewde, A History of Modern Ethiopia, 1855–1991 Raymond Jonas, The Battle of Adwa: African Victory in the Age of Empire The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, translated by Lionel Casson #history #ethiopia #africanhistory