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“"I know the tactics of European governments when they desire to acquire an Eastern state; first they send out missionaries, then consuls, and then battalions."”
Portrait of Tewodros II
Tewodros IIEthiopia · c. 1818 – 1868 (reigned 1855–1868)
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