Menelik's Invasions

Menelik's Invasions
	; The cover of French magazine Le Petit Journal, depicting attacks on Harar
Date	1878–1904
Location	Ethiopia
Result	Shewan-Ethiopian victory Dervish Victory
Belligerents
Ethiopian Empire Shewa;	Emirate of Harar; Gurage; Kingdom of Kaffa; Arsi Oromos; Kingdom of Wolaita; Dervishes; and others...;
Commanders and leaders
Menelik II; Ras Gobana Dacche; Habte Giyorgis Dinagde; Darge Sahle Selassie; Tessema Nadew; Welde Giyorgis Aboye; Ras Makonnen	Amir Abdullahi; Gaki Sherocho; Kawo Tona Gaga and others...

Menelik's Invasions, also known as the Agar Maqnat (Amharic: "colonization, cultivation and christianization of land") were a series of wars and conquests carried out by Menelik II of Shewa to expand the Ethiopian Empire.

In 1866 Menelik II became the king of Shewa, and in 1878 began a series of wars to conquer land for the Ethiopian Empire and to increase Shewan supremacy within Ethiopia. Menelik II sought to build a "greater Ethiopia" and to incorporate lands from the era of Amda Seyon I, prior to the Ethiopian–Adal War and Oromo expansions. He did this with the help of Ras Gobena's Shewan Oromo militia, who did most of the southern expansion and his son, Makonnen Wolde Mikael, who is known for his Battle of Chelenqo, afterwards which he incorporated Harar into Ethiopia. He is viewed as the founder of modern Ethiopia.

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