Ethiopian Civil War
1974 CE – 1991 CE · 17 years
Revolutionary war that replaced Haile Selassie with the Marxist Derg and ended with the regime's collapse after years of insurgency, famine and brutal counterinsurgency.
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Ethiopian Civil War on Wikipedia.
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Belligerents
The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.
- Derg regime
- TPLF, EPLF and Ethiopian rebel coalitions
Key moments
Defining events in the Ethiopian Civil War.
- 1988 Battle of Afabet
- 1989 Battle of Shire
- 1991 Capture of Addis Ababa
Elsewhere in Middle East at the time
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Great Pyramid of Giza
2560 BCE – still standing
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Petra
300 BCE – still standing.svg/500px-Flag_of_Iran_(official).svg.png)
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Iran
Founded 1920 CE · attested to 2026 CE
Conflict · Middle East
Iran-Iraq War
1980 CE – 1988 CE
Landmark · Middle East
Dead Sea
3000 BCE – still standing
Polity · Middle East
Egypt
Attested 3000 BCE – 2026 CEDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 1974 CE and 1991 CE.
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Image credits9 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Ethiopian Civil Warhttps://omnatigray.org/ginbot-20-the-fall-of-the-derg-and-its-historical-and-contemporary… · Public domain
- Great Pyramid of GizaDouwe C. van der Zee · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flag of TurkmenistanPublic domain
- Lebanese Civil WarJames Case from Philadelphia, Mississippi, U.S.A. · CC BY 2.0
- PetraAzurfrog · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Flag of Iran (official)SVG file: SiBr 4 Designer: Hamid Nadimi Construction: ISIRI · Public domain
- Iran–Iraq WarMahmoud Badrfar · GFDL
- Dead Seaلا روسا · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flag of EgyptDerived from Part IV Article (223) of the Constitution of The Arab Republic of Egypt. Col… · Public domain
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