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	Eritrea: History — FactMonster.com
		Eritrea formed part of the ancient Ethiopian kingdom of Aksum until the 7th cent.
		In November the United Nations called for Eritrea and Ethiopia to reduce their forces along the border and for Eritrea to end restrictions on UN forces, and expressed concern over Ethiopia's failure to finalize the border; UN sanctions were threatened for noncompliance.
		Eritrea rejected the ultimatum and in Dec., 2005, forced those UN forces from the United States, Canada, Europe, and Russia to withdraw.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0858026.html (994 words)

	Eritrea
		Eritrea had been ruled by many powers before it was colonised by the Italians in 1885.
		Eritrea is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered on the northeast and east by the Red Sea.
		Eritrea's two main ethnic groups are the Tigrigna, which forms about half of the population, and the Tigre and Kunama, which amount to circa 40%.
	www.mcfly.org /en/Eritrea (1043 words)

	Eritrea - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It is bordered on the northeast by the Red Sea, on the southeast by Djibouti, on the south by Ethiopia, and on the northwest by Sudan.
		Eritrea's largely agricultural economy was devastated by its 30-year-long indepedence war with Ethiopia and hurt again by the strain of the 1998-2000 border war.
		In November the United Nations called for Eritrea and Ethiopia to reduce their forces along the border and for Eritrea to end restrictions on UN forces, and expressed concern over Ethiopia's failure to finalize the border; UN sanctions were threatened for noncompliance.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-eritrea.html (1401 words)

	Eritrea History & Eritrea Culture \| iExplore.com
		Eritrea then became one of the six provinces of Italian East Africa, until the Italians were expelled by the British in 1941.
		Eritrea came off the worst from the fighting and the war also had serious consequences for its people, hundreds of thousands of whom were displaced and became reliant on emergency humanitarian aid.
		Eritrea has been granted admission to the ACP group of Third World countries, which receive preferential access to certain European Union markets, and it is now a member of the International Monetary Fund.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Eritrea/History (1046 words)

	History of Eritrea
		In 1988, the EPLF captured Afabet, headquarters of the Ethiopian Army in northeastern Eritrea, prompting the Ethiopian Army to withdraw from its garrisons in Eritrea's western lowlands.
		Eritrea was awarded to Ethiopia in 1952 as part of a federation.
		Ethiopia's annexation of Eritrea as a province 10 years later sparked a 30-year struggle for independence that ended in 1991 with Eritrean rebels defeating governmental forces; independence was overwhelmingly approved in a 1993 referendum.
	infotut.com /geography/Eritrea (1538 words)

	History - Eritrea - Africa
		The earliest food-producing inhabitants of Eritrea are thought to have moved from the Nile valley into the Mereb-Setit lowlands in about 4000 bc.
		From as early as 3000 bc, Eritrea was involved in trade on the Red Sea.
		Eritrea was established as an Italian colony on January 1, 1890.
	www.countriesquest.com /africa/eritrea/history.htm (185 words)

	Brief geo-political history of Eritrea
		Hence, Eritrea was denied national independence; instead Eritrea was transferred by the colonial powers to British colonialism for the period 1941 – 1951.
		Geography: Eritrea occupies a strategic position along the world’s busiest shipping lanes and the Middle East oil fields, and is also a major factor in the stability of the socio-politically volatile region of the Horn of Africa.
		Eritrea is borderd to the North and West by Sudan; South by Ethiopia; South-East by Djibouti, and to the North-East by the Red Sea.
	www.eritreadaily.net /Menu/History.htm (343 words)

	CHARLES BRAY's Eritre Journal
		Eritrea, Prone to long periods of drought, shattered by war for decades, Eritrea has a long last gained its independence.
		Under Italian rule, Eritrea was one of the most industrialized states on the African continent, transporting its manufactures of cement, textiles, footwear and beer on an extensive road and railway network.
		Eritrea was united with Ethiopia in 1952, but as the Eritrea Autonomous Region it was allowed a certain measure of autonomy.
	www.greatestcities.com /users/cbray5003/Africa/Eritrea (921 words)

	The History of Eritrea
		Eritrea is one of the newest and promising nations in Africa.
		Eritrea is located north of the Horn of Africa along the Southwestern coast of the Red Sea neighboring Sudan, Ethiopia, and Djibouti.
		Eritrea is no exception; its history is one of waves of migrations and invasions.
	www.geocities.com /WARSAISANDIEGO/the_history_of_eritrea.htm (2193 words)

	Eritrea HISTORY
		For the first time, Eritrea was welded into a single political entity with unified political and social structures, which cut across the traditional divisions.
		The UN ignored Eritrea's protests against Ethiopia's intervention in the autonomous rule, and Ethiopia formally annexed Eritrea in 1962.
		The UN certified the results and on 24 May 1993, Eritrea became Africa's 52nd independent state, and four days later it was admitted to the UN and the OAU.
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Africa/Eritrea-HISTORY.html (1280 words)

	History of ERITREA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Italian presence in Eritrea increases rapidly from 1935, when Massawa is the main point of entry for the forces assembling for the invasion of Ethiopia.
		The UN decision, given in 1950, is that Eritrea shall become part of Ethiopia from 1952, as an autonomous federal province with its own constitution and elected government.
		Eritrea declares the nakfa to be of equal value to the birr and expects its trade with Ethiopia (70% of its total exports) to continue uninterrupted.
	www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad18 (2331 words)

	History of Eritrea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the southeast of Eritrea, the Sultanate of Awsa, an Afar sultanate, came to dominate the coastline after its founding in 1577, becoming vassal to the Emperor of Ethiopia under the reign of Susenyos.
		The boundaries of modern Eritrea and the entire region were established during the Scramble for Africa epoque between Italian, British and French colonialists as well as the landlocked lone African Empire of "Abyssinia", later renamed Ethiopia which found itself surrounded and its boundaries defined by said colonial powers.
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	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Eritrea (3788 words)

	Eritrea: history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In 1890, the treaty of Wichale between Italy and Menilek II of Ethiopia recognized Italian possessions on the Red Sea, and the colony, created on January 1 1890, was named by the Italians for the Mare Erythraeum (Â«Red SeaÂ» in Latin) of the Romans.
		Eritrea was used as the main base for the Italian invasions of Ethiopia (1896 and 1935-36) and it became one of the six provinces of Italian East Africa.
		In Eritrea, a national assembly was elected which enjoyed some autonomy until 1962, when Ethiopian leader Haile Selassie forced a group of Eritrean politicians to vote for its complete incorporation into Ethiopia.
	gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/country_history.cfm?Id=19 (913 words)

	History of Eritrea
		Prior to Italian colonization in 1885, what is now Eritrea had been ruled by the various local or international powers that successively dominated the Red Sea region.
		Eritrea was placed under British military administration after the Italian surrender in World War II.
		In May 1991, the EPLF established the Provisional Government of Eritrea (PGE) to administer Eritrean affairs until a referendum could be held on independence and a permanent government established.
	www.historyofnations.net /africa/eritrea.html (938 words)

	Travel in Asmara - Eritrea - Africa - History - WorldTravelGate.net®-
		The former Italian colony of Eritrea was merged into Ethiopia in a federal arrangement brokered by the UN in 1952 and incorporated fully into Ethiopia ten years later.
		However, Ethiopia is known to be unhappy with Eritrea's introduction of its own currency (the nakfa) in 1997; and Eritrea for its part voices fears that its hard-won independence might be infringed by an expansionist Ethiopia.
		In the words of the then Provisional Government of Eritrea (PGE) Secretary General; Issaias Afwerki; the referendum was "a delightful and sacrosanct historical conclusion to the choice of the Eritrean people.
	www.africatravelling.net /eritrea/asmara/asmara_history.htm (868 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Africa \| Country profiles \| Country profile: Eritrea
		Eritrea emerged from its long war of independence in 1993 only to plunge once again into military conflict, first with Yemen and then, more devastatingly, with its old adversary, Ethiopia.
		A former Italian colony, Eritrea was occupied by the British in 1941.
		Eritrea is a one-party state, with the ruling People's Front for Democracy and Justice the only party allowed to operate.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1070813.stm (651 words)

	Eritrea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eritrea is officially a parliamentary democracy consisting of six regions, but it currently functions as a single-party state.
		The domain of the kingdom was for most of its history restricted to north of the perennial river Mareb and which still serves as a natural boundary between Eritrea and Ethiopia today.
		Eritrea is located in East Africa, more specifically 'Horn of Africa' and is bordered on the northeast and east by the Red Sea.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eritrea (5688 words)

	The Lightspan Network - sw
		According to this brief overview, the country we know today as Eritrea was faring quite nicely until it became an Italian colony in the late 1800s.
		Flags, a map, the national anthem, a history chronology, lists of rulers and government officials, along with information about any independent political entities which have been absorbed by this country can be found here.
		This history focuses predominantly on Eritrea's struggle for independence and its formation in 1993.
	www.lightspan.com /common/studyweb/sw.asp?target=http://www.studyweb.com/links/503.html (259 words)

	The Permanent Mission of the State of Eritrea to the United Nations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		On 1 January 1890, Italy set the boundaries of Eritrea and ruled it as a colony until 1941, when the British defeated the Italians in Africa and took over the administration.
		Following a decision by the United Nations, Eritrea was federated to Ethiopia in 1952, with a certain amount of autonomy.
		The oppression culminated with the dissolution of the Eritrean parliament and the annexation of Eritrea as Ethiopia's fourteenth province in 1962.
	www.un.int /eritrea/history.htm (169 words)

	Eritrea - Hagere Ertra
		Eritrea is located in Eastern Africa in the Horn of Africa, to the North of Ethiopia and bordering the Red Sea in Northeast.
		Eritrea is one of Africa's newest independent nations.
		Latest UN reports (2005) warned that the humanitarian situation in Eritrea was deteriorating, mainly due to recurrent drought and the protracted stalemate in the peace process with Ethiopia.
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/eritrea.htm (871 words)

	SIM Country Profile: Eritrea
		Eritrea is located along the lower western coast of the Red Sea opposite Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
		In early 1962 Eritrea was annexed by Ethiopia in a vote by the Eritrean parliament.
		Eritrea became a sovereign state—the youngest independent state in Africa—on May 22, 1993.
	www.sim.org /country.asp?CID=25&fun=1 (1007 words)

	The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Eritrea
		Jews first settled in Eritrea in the late 19th century, emigrating from Yemen.
		During the 1930s, many Jews arrived in Eritrea fleeing Nazi persecution in Europe.
		Although, Judaism is not an officially recognized religion in Eritrea the Jews are left alone.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/vjw/eritrea.html (230 words)

	Eritrea: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
		Eritrea was formerly the northernmost province of Ethiopia and is about the size of Indiana.
		The British captured Eritrea in 1941 and later administered it as a UN Trust Territory until it became federated with Ethiopia on Sept. 15, 1952.
		Eritrea: Bibliography - Bibliography See N. Tekeste, Italian Colonialism in Eritrea: 1882–1941 (1987); L. and D. Eritrea: Government - Government Eritrea is governed under the constitution of 1997.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107497.html (695 words)

	History of Eritrea and Ethiopia, timeline, short biography and more
		Eritrea’s independence from Ethiopia became official in May 1993, through a United Nations-monitored referendum in which 99.8% of the voters opted for sovereignty.
		Eritrea is one of several African states experimenting with building new forms of bottom-up democracy.
		Although there are areas of concern in Eritrea that should not be ignored—controls the state still maintains on the media, continuing restrictions on independent political activity, and constraints on the establishment of nongovernmental organizations, for example—this new nation is clearly a work-in-progress that needs time to mature.
	www.dehai.org /conflict/analysis/Dan_Connell.htm (2191 words)

	Eritrea - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK
		In Apr., 2002, the Hague Tribunal issued a complex ruling on the disputed border that favored Eritrea in some locations and Ethiopia in others, but Ethiopian resistance has delayed finalization of the border.
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	www.thehistorychannel.co.uk /site/search/search.php?word=Eritrea (1224 words)

	WHKMLA : History of Eritrea, 1882-1918
		In 1897, the capital of Eritrea was moved to Asmara.
		The southern borders of Eritrea were fixed by treaty in 1904.
		In 1904 the area of Eritrea was given as 247,000 square km, the population as 330,000.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/eastafrica/eritrea18821918.html (363 words)

	A short history of Eritrea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		When Italy conquers Ethiopia in 1936, Eritrea is federated with it and Italian Somalia into Italian East Africa.
		In 1941 Eritrea is placed under British military administration after the Italian surrender in World War II.
		In 1952, a UN resolution federating Eritrea with Ethiopia comes into effect.
	www.electionworld.org /history/eritrea.htm (282 words)

	Asmara and Eritrea
		A virtual trip to Asmara and Eritrea for those who were born in Eritrea and now live in the Diaspora, for the visitors of Eritrea, for those who stay behind, and those who are just interested.
		Nacfa (Nakfa) the major town in the Sahel region of Eritrea, holds a special significance for the Eritrean people, being the home of the EPLF during their struggle for independence from Ethiopia.
		It is one of the major agricultural centers of Eritrea, particularly for fruits and vegetables.
	www.asmera.nl (586 words)

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