Ethiopian historiography embodies the ancient, medieval, early modern
and modern disciplines of recording the history of Ethiopia. Ethiopian
historical writing can be traced back to the Kingdom of Aksum (c. AD
100 – c. 940). The writing of history became an established genre
in Ethiopian literature during the early Solomonic dynasty
(1270–1974), when written histories were usually in the form of royal
biographies, dynastic chronicles, hagiographic literature and universal
histories in the form of annals. These reinforced the genealogical
traditions of Ethiopia's rulers, who claimed descent from Solomon.
Modern Ethiopian historiography was developed by native Ethiopians and
by Hiob Ludolf (1624–1704), the German orientalist. The traditionalist
Heruy Wolde Selassie (1878–1938) employed Western historiographic
methods. Historiography of the 20th century focused largely on the
Abyssinian Crisis of 1935 and the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_historiography>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1930:
Mahatma Gandhi (pictured with Sarojini Naidu) began the Salt
March, a 24-day nonviolent walk to defy the British salt tax in colonial
India.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_March>
1940:
The Moscow Peace Treaty was signed, ending the Winter War
between Finland and the Soviet Union.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War>
1989:
Tim Berners-Lee submitted a memorandum at CERN with details of
an information-management system, the first proposal for what would
become the World Wide Web.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
impostor syndrome:
(psychology) A psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to
internalize his or her accomplishments, remaining convinced that he or
she does not deserve any accompanying success.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/impostor_syndrome>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
A favor well bestowed is almost as great an honor to him who
confers it as to him who receives it.
--Richard Steele
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Steele>