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**preachadaq** · 07-12-2012, 09:15 AM

They were periphery Ethiopians long before the Expansion/re-incorporation ('Ager Maknat' in Amharic) lead by Emperor Menelik, most of those territories included in modern day Ethiopia were already paying tribute to the Ethiopian emperor, this included the sultans of Adal.

There is no such thing as a "periphery Ethiopian". Just because two entities neighbour eachother does not make one a periphery version of the other. As for Adal, the Abyssinnia state and the Adal state would not have been in war for hundreds of years if Somali states were ""periphery Ethiopians". Indeed before the great Oromo migration Oromos were independent, seperate and distinct from Abyssinia. Abyssinia existed but Ethiopianism is a recent theoretical construct whose borders are a legacy of colonialism.

I still can't believe you claimed that Adal was "periphery Ethiopian" when it was an entity that was at war with Abyssinia and defeated them too, untill the Portuguese helped them. Read up on Ahmed Guray

The Ethiopian Emperor Menelik's Somali expedition, consisting of an army of 11,000 men, made a deep push into the vicinity of Luuq in Somalia. However, his troops were soundly defeated by the Gobroon army, with only 200 soldiers returning alive. The Ethiopians subsequently refrained from further expeditions into the interior of Somalia

07-12-2012, 09:15 AM	#36
preachadaq Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 413 Senior Member	They were periphery Ethiopians long before the Expansion/re-incorporation ('Ager Maknat' in Amharic) lead by Emperor Menelik, most of those territories included in modern day Ethiopia were already paying tribute to the Ethiopian emperor, this included the sultans of Adal. There is no such thing as a "periphery Ethiopian". Just because two entities neighbour eachother does not make one a periphery version of the other. As for Adal, the Abyssinnia state and the Adal state would not have been in war for hundreds of years if Somali states were ""periphery Ethiopians". Indeed before the great Oromo migration Oromos were independent, seperate and distinct from Abyssinia. Abyssinia existed but Ethiopianism is a recent theoretical construct whose borders are a legacy of colonialism. I still can't believe you claimed that Adal was "periphery Ethiopian" when it was an entity that was at war with Abyssinia and defeated them too, untill the Portuguese helped them. Read up on Ahmed Guray The Ethiopian Emperor Menelik's Somali expedition, consisting of an army of 11,000 men, made a deep push into the vicinity of Luuq in Somalia. However, his troops were soundly defeated by the Gobroon army, with only 200 soldiers returning alive. The Ethiopians subsequently refrained from further expeditions into the interior of Somalia
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