Why did italy colonize eritrea
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History of Eritrea
Eritrea is an ancient name, associated in the past with its Greek form Erythraia, Ἐρυθραία, and its derived Latin form Erythræa. This name relates to that of the Red Sea, then called the Erythræan Sea, from the Greek for "red", ἐρυθρός, erythros. But earlier Eritrea was called Mdre Bahri.[1] The Italians created the colony of Eritrea in the 19th century around Asmara and named it with its current name. After World War II, Eritrea annexed to Ethiopia. Following the communist Ethiopian government's defeat in 1991 by the coalition created by armed groups notably the EPLF, Eritrea declared its independence. Eritrea officially celebrated its 1st anniversary of independence on May 24, 1993.
Prehistory
At Buya in Eritrea, one of the oldest hominids representing a possible link between Homo erectus and an archaic Homo sapiens was discovered by Eritrean and Italian scientists. Dated to over 1 million years old, it is the oldest skeletal find of its kind and provides a link between hominids and the earliest anatomically modern humans.& Posted on by Gedab News in Gedab News The Tigray People’s Democratic Movement (TPDM, known by its Tigrinya accornym De.M.H.T.) is one of half a dozen Ethiopian opposition groups stationed in Eritrea whose mission statement appears to have changed from bringing change to Ethiopia to fighting change in Eritrea by being President Isaias Afwerki’s last enforcement unit. Over the weekend, TPDM was dispatched to Asmara to conduct routine roundup of Eritrean youth who have to be mobilized for military enlistment. In previous dispatches, only TPDM members with passable Eritrean Tigrinya accents were recruited to conduct the roundup. In this patricular mission, there appears to have been a breakdown and TPDM members with noticeable Tigrayan accents were roaming the Merkato neighborhood of Asmara and asking for “metawekia” and “mewasawesi“–Ethiopian words for “moving permit”– whose Eritrean version is “tessera” and “menkesakesi” respectively. Copyright ©cowroof.pages.dev 2025•
A Mercenary Army: Isaias Afwerki’s Last Stand
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Eritrea This country lies east of Yemen separated by Red Sea. Capital: Asmara (formerly Asmera). [old capital: Massawa 1890-1935]. 1557 Massawa (Habesh) part of Ottoman Empire.
Dec 1813 - 1826 Occupied by Egypt (both nominally part of Ottoman Empire).
1826 Direct Ottoman rule restored (1826-1848 Na'ibs of Arkiko
largely independent), Red Sea province.
1865 - Dec 1882 Egyptian rule (nominally part of Ottoman Empire), as Red Sea