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The history provides a compact account of the people and events of modern ethiopia, with the predominant concern being political history, but also touching on social and economic concerns. It is located in the guji zone of the oromia region, at an altitude of 1,758 metres 5,768 ft above sea level. Bahru zewde has updated the first edition, adding a new chapter and taking the history through to 1991. But it was the greeks herodotus and thucydides who introduced the organized and written historical narrative.
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