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(1) Menelik is of central importance (2) the effect of differing versions of the treaty, which is not mentioned in the first textbook account (3) the importance attributed to modern weapons, a reason shared with the first textbook
How are the narratives that appear in the two textbooks similar?
How are the two versions different?
Page Five:
Eight sentences, two reasons, one quote
Why do you think they are so different?
Which, if either, do you find more trustworthy?
What other sources might you look at either to corroborate these textbook accounts, or to find out more information about the battle?
(1) this account is the most substantial of the three (2) Menelik's friendly relations with Italy is not mentioned in the American textbooks (3) the different version of how the conflict between Italy and Ethiopia began
(4) The description of the Ethiopian army as "ill-trained" and not "well armed" -- direct opposite of the other textbook (5) other factors mentioned to explain the victory (i.e. support of women)