Dire Dawa University

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Department of History and Heritage Management
Group Assignment Questions for the course History of Ethiopia and the Horn (Hist. 1012)
Instructor: Abebe Andarge
Email: cephusarse@gmail.com
Phone: +251703241898
Instructions

 The number of pages should be between 5 and 10

 Content, language fluency and coherence have their own values
 Directly copying from any documents is forbidden
 Font size should be 12 and it must be times new roman.
 Copying from others work will result none grade (NG)

Assignment questions for the course History of Ethiopia and the horn (Hist. 1012)

1. Discuss the conflict between the Christian highland kingdom and Muslim sultanate of the
16th century in detail. (Group 1)
2. Discuss the major political and cultural achievements made by the Aksumite kingdom and
the Zagwe dynasty in the ancient history of Ethiopia. Elaborate factors contributed to their
final decline. (Group 2)
3. Elucidate the causes, courses and consequences of the Afar, Somali and Oromo population
movements of the 16th century in Ethiopia. Explicate how these population movements
shaped the history of Ethiopia and the horn. (Group 3)
4. Discuss the attempts of emperor Tewodros II, Yohannis IV and Menelik II towards creating
the modern Ethiopian state. (Group 4)
5. Assess the major socio-economic, religious and political developments of the Gondorine
period and Zemene Mesafint. (Group 5)