Egyptian–Ethiopian War

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The Egyptian–Ethiopian War was a war between the Ethiopian Empire and the Khedivate of Egypt, an autonomous tributary state of the Ottoman Empire, from 1874 to 1876. The conflict resulted in victory for Ethiopia and a treaty that guaranteed the country's continued independence in the years immediately preceding the Scramble for Africa. Conversely, for Egypt, the war was a costly failure blunting the regional aspirations of Egypt as an African empire, and laying the foundations for the beginning of the British Empire's 'veiled protectorate' over Egypt less than a decade later.

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