Ethiopians trained lions to hunt down enemy soldiers and battled alongside cheetahs and bees, which helped them triumph in every conflict.

It is the oldest autonomous nation in Africa and has never been colonized, with the exception of Mussolini's Italy's brief 5-year occupation.

The so-called "scramble for Africa" between 1890 and 1914 led to the quick colonization of the majority of the African continent by European powers. Around 90% of Africa was governed by Europe by 1914.

Ethiopia and Liberia were exempt from colonialism due to their geographical position, economics, and political standing. Ethiopian swordsmen known as Shotel defeated the invading Italian forces at the Battle of Adwa by engaging them in hand-to-hand combat.

The First Italo-Ethiopian War's decisive fight was the Battle of Adwa. Ethiopians used lions they had trained to hunt down enemy soldiers and battled with cheetahs and bees to defeat them in all colonial wars.

On March 1, 1896, Ethiopian forces repulsed an Italian invasion force close to the town of Adwa. The Kingdom of Italy's campaign to enlarge its colonial empire in the Horn of Africa was halted by the resounding victory.

For two weeks, the Ethiopians surrounded the Italians and, on the advise of Empress Tayitu, shut off the water supply to the fort. The Italian commander consented to give up if they could take their weapons with them. Menelik concurred that they might depart from the garrison.

Ethiopia, originally known as Abyssinia, is one of the oldest nations in the world. The King James Version of the Bible refers to the area as the Kingdom of Axum and dates it to circa 400 BCE.

Axum was regarded as one of the four major powers of the time, along with Rome, Persia, and China. Over the centuries of its history,

Along with its geographic isolation and economic wealth, Ethiopia's willingness of its citizens, from farmers to kings, to unite as one contributed to the country's resounding victory over a number of international colonialist powers.

After resoundingly repelling Italian invaders at the Battle of Adwa, Ethiopia was formally acknowledged as an independent state in 1896. Italy never established colonial rule over Ethiopia during the brief military occupation it carried out during World War II.


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Where are the trained lions today? Can we borrow some of their lions? We want to use them to check some things in Aso rock sambisa forest.