Assuming you're referring to World War I (or World War II for that matter...) you should include in this letter--if you're an American--how you are very much against getting involved in a European conflict, since America was very "isolationist" during this time.
The Kingdom of Abyssinia was founded in the 13th century CE and, transforming itself into the Ethiopian Empire via a series of military conquests, lasted until the 20th century CE
