The first Italian establishment in the area was the purchase of Assab by the Rubattino Shipping Company in 1869, which came under government control in 1882.

Ethiopia recognized Italian control of the region along the Red Sea in May 1889, and on January 1, 1890, the colony of Eritrea was formally established. La ...

In the Treaty of Wichale, signed on May 2, 1889, Menilek recognized “Italian possessions in the Red Sea,” and on January 1, 1890, the Italian colony of Eritrea ...

The Italians created the colony of Eritrea in the 19th century around Asmara and named it with its current name. After World War II, Eritrea annexed to Ethiopia ... Prehistory · Italian Eritrea · British administration and...

Italian Colonialism in Eritrea 1882-1941. Yemane Mesghenna. When did Eritrean nationalism emerge? Did it emerge during Italian rule, between. 1882 and 1941,or ...

1557, The Ottoman empire made Eritrea one of its colonies and colonised it for 300 years. 1865, The Egyptian Khedevites took over Eritrea from the Turks.

examine Italy's colonisation of Eritrea against the backdrop of more well-known European colonial histories in Africa, building on a vast historical ...

The enduring conflict in Eritrea has stirred some interest in the region's colonial background which is regarded as having set the stage for its turbulent ...

On January 1, 1890, the Italian colony of Eritrea was officially proclaimed. Eritrea got its name from the Erythraean Sea or the Red Sea.