Area Handbook for EthiopiaU.S. Government Printing Office, 1964 - 621 pages |
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abune Addis Ababa administration Africa Agau agricultural Amhara-Tigrai Amharas Amharas and Tigrais appointed Arabic areas Army Asmara Assab Bank Blue Nile British budget capital century Christian Church coffee Constitution country's court culture Cushitic Dānākil Djibouti economic Emperor Eritrea established Ethiopian Government Ethiopian Orthodox Ethiopian Orthodox Church ethnic groups export Falashas Federal forces foreign French French Somaliland Galla Gallās Ge'ez Gojām Gondar Haile Selassie Harar imperial important industrial Islam Italian Jima labor land language Lebna Dengel loans mainly major marriage Menelik Menelik II ment military million Minister Ministry mission modern Moslem nobility officials Ogādēn operation organization percent persons plateau political population production provinces Rās religion religious schools Shoa Shoan Sidāmo slaves social Somali Somaliland Soviet Sudan taxes teff Tegrē territory throne Tigrais Tigrinya tion trade traditional tribal tribes United Nations
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Page 233 - ... corrective" labour, which are employed as a means of political coercion or punishment for holding or expressing political views, and which are on such a scale as to constitute an important element in the economy of a given country...
Page 304 - By virtue of His Imperial Blood, as well as by the anointing which He has received, the person of the Emperor is sacred, His dignity is inviolable and His Powers indisputable.
Page 314 - Government shall possess legislative, executive and judicial powers in the field of domestic affairs. 3. The jurisdiction of the Federal Government shall extend to the following matters: defence, foreign affairs, currency and finance, foreign and interstate commerce and external and interstate communications, including ports.
Page v - Studies Division of the Special Operations Research Office, The American University, and should not be considered as having official or definitive Department of the Army approval either expressed or implied. The users of this work should consider it not as a final product, but as a basis for further research to fill gaps in the present study. The authors' conclusions are subject to modification in the light of new developments and information. Readers are accordingly urged to submit comments correcting...
Page 136 - Germany at the end of the Middle Ages. We leave out of our consideration those territories which at the end of the fourteenth and the beginning of the fifteenth century...
Page 193 - Four books of scriptural revelation are recognized: the Koran (disclosed to Mohammed by the angel Gabriel), the Pentateuch and the Psalms from the Old Testament, and the Christian Gospels. The Koran, "the bountiful, the beneficial," sets forth all a man needs to attain salvation.
Page 304 - The Imperial dignity shall remain perpetually attached to the line of Haile Selassie I, descendant of King Sahle Selassie, whose line descends without interruption from the dynasty of Menelik I. son of the Queen of Ethiopia, the Queen of Sheba, and King Solomon of Jerusalem.
Page v - The emphasis is on objective description of contemporary national societies, focusing on basic social, economic and political institutions. Treatment is intended to be comprehensive rather than exhaustive. The studies are introductory, and it is expected that the reader will have recourse to many other sources for more detailed information in areas of special interest. Extensive bibliographies are included for this purpose. The authors have reached certain conclusions concerning the character of...
Page 413 - Majesty not to construct or allow to be constructed, any work across the Blue Nile, Lake Tana or the Sobat, which would arrest the flow of their waters into the Nile, except in agreement with His Britannic Majesty's Government and the Government of the Sudan.
Page 451 - Question of the frontier between the Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian administration and Ethiopia: reports of the Governments of Ethiopia and of Italy.