CIA Factbook on Ethiopia

Dr. Mogessaye Ashenafi president of AAU as reported by the Addis Ababa Tribune:

"Ethiopia's Conditions are Reflection of State of its Institutions of Higher Learning"

Innovation and Opposition to Change in Ethiopian History

Series of Essays by Dr. Richard Pankhurst

• Ancient and Medieval Life
• Ideas of Innovation in Medieval Times
• Innovation, or Lack of It, in Medieval and Gondarine Times
• Developments in the Early Nineteenth Century
• Some Conservative Attitudes of the Past Question of Tobacco and Coffee
• Emperor Tewodros as Innovator: Cannon and Roads
• Tewodros, as Innovator: Cannon, Roads, Boats - and Foreign Craftsmen
• From Tewodros to Yohannes
• Emperor Yohannes, Conservative, but also Innovative
• From Yohannes to Menilek
• Menilek and the Founding of Addis Ababa
• Menilek's Innovations
• Menilek's Innovations II
• Monetary, Banking and Educational Developments of Menilek's Day
• Medical, Political and Dietary Innovations of Menilek's Day