War Between Ethiopians and Eritreans
On May 6th 1998, Ethiopian and Eritrean patrols engaged in an all out battle. While it may not have been the “shot heard round the world”, it certainly was a shot the disrupted a previously peaceful vicinity. It was also a shot that completely changed the Horn of Africa, and permanently disrupted Ethiopian economy. It was also a shot that interrupted the young life of Benyam Berhe. Benyam Berhe experienced this war in a way completely unique from anyone else in the United States, because he lived it. America hasn’t seen foreign troops on its soil since the war of 1812. Americans cannot possibly relate to hearing mortar fire from our very own homes.
When diplomacy fails to achieve what the politicians want, war is how they get what they want. This has been proven time and time again as the most expensive political jockeying invented. Politicians have been using their citizens to fight their wars of ideals for the past century. This war, the war between Eritrea and Ethiopia, was unique because in this war people died for land. Since the medieval ages so few societies have fought wars over land, that the idea seems absurd. Men died for a piece of soil, called the Badime region, (Ito).
In analyzing the grand effect of this war, the individual is often overlooked. Benyam Berhe is from Addis Abbas, Ethiopia. He and I have had multiple conversations pertaining to the war between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Benyam maintained a largely apathetic view to most of the war in spite of the fact that the front line was less than 1000 kilometers from his porch. Though he was only 15 when it all started, he did watch avidly all the news channels as the bombs started to fall.
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Prohibition originated in the nineteenth century but fully gained recognition in the twentieth century. The Prohibition was originally known as the Temperance Movement. In the 1820s and 1830s, a wave of religious revivalism developed in the United States, leading to increased calls for temperance, as well as other reform movements such as the abolition of slavery (“Prohibition”). These reforms were often led by middle class women. The abolition of slavery became a more important topic of debate until after the Civil War. By the turn of the century, temperance societies were a common thing throughout the communities in the United States (“Prohibition”). Women advocated the unity of the family, and they believed alcohol prevented such a thing. Drunken husbands only brought about negativity to the home, and women could not support that behavior. Suffragists, in their pursuit for voting rights, also sought to eliminate alcohol from the home. Small-scale legislation had been passed in several states, but no national laws had been enacted. On January 29, 1919, the Eighteenth Amendment was ratified by Congress; it banned t...
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Africa has been an interesting location of conflicts. From the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea to the revolutionary conflict in Libya and Egypt, one of the greatest conflicts is the Rwandan Genocide. The Rwandan Genocide included two tribes in Rwanda: Tutsis and Hutus. Upon revenge, the Hutus massacred many Tutsis and other Hutus that supported the Tutsis. This gruesome war lasted for a 100 days. Up to this date, there have been many devastating effects on Rwanda and the global community. In addition, many people have not had many acknowledgements for the genocide but from this genocide many lessons have been learned around the world.
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Thesis & Preview of Main Points: I will discuss the culture of Ethiopia and its geography
In the beginning of the 20th century, all of Africa was in European hands except for just one country. Despite all the factors against this one country, Ethiopia, in1896 they successfully defended themselves from the Italians in the Battle of Adwa. Unfortunately, when the Italians invaded a second time in 1935, the Ethiopians were not so successful. How come the Ethiopians were defeated when not 50 years earlier they were victorious? Was the advance in technology to much for the Ethiopians to combat or was it the lack of good leadership that they once had in the years leading up to the second invasion. I believe that due to the lack of good leadership before and during the second Italian invasion attributed to the defeat of Ethiopia, rather than their technological deficiencies.
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