It was that wisdom which saved the sovereignty of the nation during the fascist Italian invasion and ambition of colonizing Ethiopia. Menelik was the successful leader, at the end of the 19th century. This history keeps fascinating the rest of the world until now.
The grand agenda of scramble for Africa was successfully thwarted in Ethiopia. History was written.
It was the same wisdom that saved the sovereignty of this nation during the 2nd round of scramble for Ethiopia at the beginning of the third decade of the 21 century, more than 120 years after the fascist Italy's invasion, deploying the homegrown sell-outs in the name of TPLF, which was pretty sure to succeed and boasted in open it will go all the way until the Hell and come back to dismantle Ethiopia. The unity of the Ethiopian people was showcased again on the global level and the agenda of dismantling Ethiopia remained a pipe dream.
The successful leader was Abiy Ahmed.
Further chapter of the same history was appended to the proud history written at the end of the 19th century.
Listen how that untiy during the Italy's invasion is being told today in the following video.