History of Eritrea - Article Index

Encyclopedia - History Of Eritrea: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Eritrea - British Administration And Federalization
Although Italian colonization in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries gave Eritrea its boundaries, Eritrean separatism as a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eritrean War Of Independence: Encyclopedia Ii - Eritrean War Of Independence - 1970s And 1980s
In 1974 Emperor Haile Sellassie was ousted in a coup in 1974. The new Ethiopian Government, called the Derg, was a Marxist military junta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Horn Of Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Horn Of Africa - History
Horn of Africa - Ancient history. The Kingdom of Aksum was an African state located in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Yemen that thrived betwee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Horn Of Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Horn Of Africa - Ecology
The Horn of Africa is a UNESCO's Biodiversity Hotspot and one of the two entirely arid ones. However the Horn of Africa suffers largely f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eritrean War Of Independence: Encyclopedia Ii - Eritrean War Of Independence - 1990s
After end of the Cold War, symbolised by the fall of the Berlin Wall, the United States played a facilitative role in the peace talks in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Horn Of Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Horn Of Africa - Geography And Climate
The Horn of Africa, almost equidistant from the Equator and the Tropic of Cancer, is an arid region. Socotra is a small island off the co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Algiers Agreement 2000: Encyclopedia Ii - Algiers Agreement 2000 - Boundary Commission
The two governments agreed to determine the origins of the conflict by allowing an investigation incidents of 1997 and 1998 and earlier r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eritrea: Encyclopedia Ii - Eritrea - History
Main article: History of Eritrea Eritrea had been ruled by many powers before it was colonised by the Italians in 1885. Previously, the c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eritrea: Encyclopedia Ii - Eritrea - History
Main article: History of Eritrea Eritrea had been ruled by many powers before it was colonised by the Italians in 1885. Previously, the c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eritrea: Encyclopedia Ii - Eritrea - Religion
The dominant religions are Christianity and Islam, each group representing roughly 50% of the population. The Christians consist primaril...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Algiers Agreement 2000: Encyclopedia Ii - Algiers Agreement 2000 - Claims Commission
A neutral Claims Commission was also established. The mandate of the Commission was to decide through binding arbitration all claims for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eritrea: Encyclopedia Ii - Eritrea - Economy
Main article: Economy of Eritrea Since independence from Ethiopia, Eritrea has faced the economic problems of a small, desperately poor c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eritrea: Encyclopedia Ii - Eritrea - Politics
Main article: Politics of Eritrea The National Assembly of 150 seats, formed in 1993 shortly after independence, elected the current pres...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eritrea: Encyclopedia Ii - Eritrea - Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Eritrea Eritrea's two main ethnic groups are the Tigrigna, who represent about half of the population, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eritrea: Encyclopedia Ii - Eritrea - Regions
Main article: Regions of Eritrea Eritrea is divided into 6 regions: Central (Maekel) Southern (Debub) Gash-Barka Anseba Northern Red Sea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eritrea: Encyclopedia Ii - Eritrea - Geography
Main article: Geography of Eritrea Eritrea is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered on the northeast and east by the Red Sea. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Eritrea: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Eritrea - Establishing An Independent Country
The United States played a facilitative role in the peace talks in Washington during the months leading up to the May 1991 fall of the Me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Eritrea: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Eritrea - Fight For Independence
Militant opposition to the incorporation of Eritrea into Ethiopia had begun in 1958 with the founding of the Eritrean Liberation Movement...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Eritrea: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Eritrea - Early History
Central areas of Eritrea and most tribes in today's northern Ethiopia share a common background in the kingdom of Axum of the first mille...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Eritrea: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Eritrea - Italian Colonization
Prior to Italian colonization in 1885, what is now Eritrea had been part of Ethiopia as the province Medri Bahri (Tigrigna for Sealand), ...   » Read the article