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May 1896: The Treaty of Addis Ababa. Italy recognized Ethiopia’s full sovereignty. No protectorate. No colony. News shook Europe. Menelik and Tayitu didn’t stop. From 1896 to 1906, they modernized: the first railway to Djibouti, the first bank, the first modern schools, Menelik II Hospital, telegraph lines, and a national postal system. Ethiopia entered the 20th century free — the only African nation never colonized. This was Adwa: not just a battle, but the defense of an idea — that African sov