![]() ![]() ![]() Finally, the research deals with the proposed solutions with a projection on the case of the Al-Fashqa area surrounded by rivers inside Sudanese territory on all sides except for the common border line with Ethiopia, and this is what imposes on it complete isolation from the Sudanese lands adjacent to it during the flood season of these rivers. This is in addition to being characterized by heavy rainfall in the autumn and abundant production. This site tempts the Ethiopians to attack it whenever they want, as there is no obstacle to prevent them from benefiting from these fertile lands They are lands completely adjacent to their lands, so every season come Amhara farmers who firmly believe that this is their lands. ![]() This research deals with the concept of geopolitics (the science of land politics), which is a science that explains the state of the impact of political behavior in changing the geographical dimensions of the state, which in turn leads to the concept of occupation, which means the control of a state over the territory of another state or part of it, and then identifying the root causes of the occupation. On April 15, 1891, he sent a circular to the European heads of state specifying what he claimed were the borders the actual territory of his empire as well as what he considered his area of influence. The circular stated that the northwestern border of Abyssinia extends from the town of Tomat, located at the confluence of the Setit and Atbara rivers, to Karakouj on the Blue Nile, and includes the Gedaref district. Menelik announced his intention to restore his old frontiers, which stretched west to Khartoum and south as far as Lake Victoria. From here, the Ethiopian ambitions in the lands of eastern Sudan (Gadarif State) become clear. In the midst of the ongoing conflict between Britain and the Mahdist state with the aim of overthrowing the latter and reoccupying Sudan, the Ethiopian Emperor Menelik II took advantage of the situation in order to expand his borders at the expense of the borders of Sudan. ![]()
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