00:00gaslit urban figures in Spain, and state-trained poison operatives in ancient India.
00:08Today, we travel to the majestic highlands of the late 19th century East Africa,
00:15to the heart of the Ethiopian Empire.
00:20When European imperial powers carved up the African continent during the scramble for Africa,
00:25nearly every nation fell to colonial subjugation, trickery, and advanced artillery.
00:31But one empire held the line, and the intellectual and tactical center of that resistance
00:36was a master of intelligence, logistics, and political warfare.
00:41Today, we're exploring the formidable legacy of Empress Taitu Betul,
00:47the brilliant strategist who defended Ethiopia from Italian colonization.
00:53Empress Taitu Betul was born in the mid-19th century,
00:58into nobility belonging to the imperial dynasties of northern Ethiopia.
01:02Highly educated, fiercely proud, multilingual, and politically astute,
01:07she married Emperor Menelik II in 1883, becoming Empress Consort.
01:14From the moment she stepped into the imperial court, Taitu was not a ceremonial figurehead.
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