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Conflict Africa

Italo-Abyssinian Border War (Walwal Incident)

1934 CE – 1935 CE · 1 year

A border clash at the Walwal oasis provided Mussolini the pretext for his planned invasion of Ethiopia, exposing the League of Nations' inability to prevent aggression.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Italian Somaliland
  • Ethiopian Empire

Key moments

Defining events in the Italo-Abyssinian Border War (Walwal Incident).

  1. 1934 Walwal Incident

Elsewhere in Africa at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Africa

Taï National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Algeria

Founded 1900 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

Second Italo-Ethiopian War

1935 CE – 1937 CE

Landmark · Africa

Rwenzori Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Angola

Attested 1815 CE – 2026 CE

Landmark · Africa

Serengeti National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Morocco

Founded 789 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Landmark · Africa

Victoria Falls

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1934 CE and 1935 CE.

1935 CE Second Italo-Ethiopian War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Church of the Good Shepherd, Lake Tekapo Landmark · Oceania 1935 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Marie Curie Figure · Poland / France 1867 CE – 1934 CE Banana Wars Conflict · Americas 1898 CE – 1934 CE Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing
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