<span>From 1769 to 1855, the Ethiopian Empire went through the "Age of Princes" (Zemene Mesafint). This was a period in Ethiopian history when the country was rent by conflicts between warlords, the Emperor was reduced to little more than a figurehead confined to the capital city of Gondar, and both society and culture stagnated. Religious conflict both within the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and with Ethiopian Muslims were often used as the pretext for the powerful to battle each other. The "Age of Princes" ended with the reign of Tewodros II.</span>
A black flourishing of ideas and expression. African-Americans create new ways to advance not only their own identity, but national identity as well.
Not the south. Lots of slavery took place in the South
<span>The Land Ordinance of 1785 addressed the issue of how to divide the western lands acquired by the United States in the Treaty of Paris. When the population reaches 60,000, a territory can apply for statehood.Slavery is banned.</span>
