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Ethiopia Timeline Game

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Summoning Knowledge...

About This Challenge

In this timeline game, players will have the opportunity to test their knowledge of historical events by placing them in their correct chronological order. This game is not only a fun way to challenge yourself, but it also helps to reinforce your understanding of the timeline of events in history.

  • Players will learn about key events in Ethiopian history
  • They will have to think critically about the sequence of events
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  • 4th century AD: King Ezana converts to Christianity
  • 10th century BC: Ethiopian Empire founded by Menelik I
  • 4th century AD: Ethiopia adopts Christianity as state religion
  • 1529-1543: Ethiopian-Adal War
  • 1896: Battle of Adwa, Ethiopia defeats Italy
  • 1930: Haile Selassie becomes Emperor of Ethiopia
  • 1935: Italian occupation of Ethiopia begins
  • 1941: End of Italian occupation, Ethiopia regains independence
  • 1974: Ethiopian Civil War begins
  • 1983-1985: Ethiopian famine kills hundreds of thousands
  • 1991: Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front takes power
  • 1998: Ethiopian-Eritrean War begins
  • 2019: Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashes
  • 2020: Ethiopia begins filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
  • 2020: Tigray War begins
  • 2021: Ethiopian general elections held
  • 2021: Abiy Ahmed re-elected as Prime Minister of Ethiopia
  • 2021: Ethiopia declares state of emergency in Tigray region
  • 2021: Ethiopian government declares victory in Tigray War
  • 2023: Ethiopia celebrates 50th anniversary of African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa

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