Libanos College Mekelle Campus

Faculty of Business & Economics

Department of Accounting &Finance
Corse Title: History of Ethiopia & the Horn
Submission Date:
Individual Assignment
Name:______________________________________
Instructions
- Make sure that your hand writings neat and clear.
Assignment #1 value: 25%
Please your answer should be free from plagiarism; it must be also relevant, sufficient and precise as much
as possible.
- Department :____________________Section :__________ID No:__________
HOME ASSIGNMENT- 1(INDIVIDUAL – WORK)
Value = 25%
1. What techniques do historians use to write about the past? (define it) (4 pts)

2. What is the relevance of knowing about the past for the current Ethiopian situation? (5 pts)

3. Describe the similarities and differences between the primary and secondary sources of

history. (4 pts)

4. Evaluate the evidences for Ethiopia and the Horn as cradle of mankind. (4 pts)

5. Why do you think Lucy had attracted more attention from the world than other human

remains discovered in Ethiopia and the Horn? (4 pts)

6. Describe the differences between creationist and evolutionist views of human origin. (4 pts)
 Libanos College Mekelle Campus
Faculty of Business & Economics
Department of Accounting &Finance
Corse Title: Corse Title: History of Ethiopia & the Horn
Submission Date:
Individual Assignment
Name:______________________________________
Instructions
- Make sure that your hand writings neat and clear.
Assignment #2 value: 25%
Please your answer should be free from plagiarism; it must be also relevant, sufficient and precise as much
as possible.
- Department :____________________Section :__________ID No:_________
HOME ASSIGNMENT- 2 (INDIVIDUAL – WORK)
Value= 25%
1. Can you state some of the earliest states in Ethiopia and the Horn? (4 pts)

2. Describe how Christianity and Islamic religions expanded in Ethiopia and evaluate their

importance. (5 pts)

3. What are the main characteristics of Zemene – Mesafint in the history of Ethiopia? (4 pts)

4. Explain the factors that led Portugal and Ottoman Turkey’s political intervention in

Ethiopia’s domestic affairs in the sixteenth century? (4 pts)

5. Explain the major battles fought against foreign invaders in Ethiopia in the 19 th c. (4 pts)
6. Explain the differences between the 1942 and 1944 agreements signed b/n Ethiopia and the

British. (4 pts)