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    Yohannes IV succeeded Tewodros II as emperor of Ethiopia from 1872-1889. Like his predecessor, Yohannes considered Islam and Egypt's continued attempts to invade Ethiopia as a threat to the country's territorial integrity. He also saw European colonial expansion as a greater threat, which proved true when Italy gained control of the port of Massawa in 1885. However, Yohannes IV died fighting against Sudanese resistance groups that had invaded Western Ethiopia under the false presumption that he was collaborating with the British.

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    Yohannes IV succeeded Tewodros II as emperor of Ethiopia from 1872-1889. Like his predecessor, Yohannes considered Islam and Egypt's continued attempts to invade Ethiopia as a threat to the country's territorial integrity. He also saw European colonial expansion as a greater threat, which proved true when Italy gained control of the port of Massawa in 1885. However, Yohannes IV died fighting against Sudanese resistance groups that had invaded Western Ethiopia under the false presumption that he was collaborating with the British.

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    2.3.2. Foreign Policy During Yohannes IV (1872-1889)

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    2.3.2.

    Foreign Policy during Yohannes IV (1872-1889)

    Yohannes IV succeeded Tewodros II. Like his predecessor, Yohannes considered Islam as a
    threat to the territorial integrity of the polity. Indeed Egypt tried to put a serious security
    threat in
    its continued attempt to invade the country under many pretexts, yet its motive was to control
    the
    source of Blue Nile. These, however, were not successful as Egypt faced subsequent defeat
    both
    in 1875 and 1876 at the Battle of Gundet and Gura respectively (Keller). In addition to
    Muslim
    threat, the emperor saw European expansionism as greater threat to the survival of the
    country.
    In fact his calculation of threat has turned out to be real as Italy got a foot hold at the port of
    Massawa in 1885.This colonial ambition of Italy was reflected by the Foreign Minister
    speech
    ―The Red Sea is the key to the Mediterranean‖ implicating the strategic importance of
    Ethiopia
    (Novati). However, the emperor died fighting with the ―Mahadists‖. The Sudanese
    resistance
    groups against British rule happened to invade Western Ethiopia because of their
    presumption
    that Yohannes IV was collaborating with the British.

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