Italian East Africa

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Italian East Africa was a short-lived colonial empire in the Horn of Africa under Fascist Italian rule, formed in the late 1930s by uniting Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Italian Somaliland.

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Generate an image of Italian East Africa (Italian East Africa was a short-lived colonial empire in the Horn of Africa under Fascist Italian rule, formed in the late 1930s by uniting Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Italian Somaliland.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity ⓘ
colonial empire ⓘ
former Italian colony ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Africa Orientale Italiana ⓘ
linked to: Italian East Africa
capital Addis Ababa ⓘ
coatOfArms emblem of Italian East Africa ⓘ
colonialPower Italy ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
currency Italian East African lira ⓘ
dissolutionCause British military conquest in East African Campaign ⓘ
endTime 1941 ⓘ
establishedAfter Second Italo-Ethiopian War ⓘ
flag flag of Italian East Africa ⓘ
formedByUnionOf Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Italian Somaliland ⓘ
governmentType colonial administration ⓘ
headOfGovernment Benito Mussolini ⓘ
headOfState Victor Emmanuel III of Italy ⓘ
ideology Italian Fascism ⓘ
linked to: Fascist Italy
locatedIn Horn of Africa ⓘ
officialLanguage Amharic ⓘ
Arabic ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
linked to: Italian language

Somali ⓘ
Tigrinya ⓘ
partOf Italian colonial empire ⓘ
linked to: Italian Empire
religion Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rulingParty National Fascist Party ⓘ
shortName AOI ⓘ
startTime 1936-05-09 ⓘ
successor British Military Administration in Eritrea ⓘ
British Military Administration in Italian Somaliland ⓘ
restored Ethiopian Empire ⓘ
territoryIncludes Amhara Region ⓘ
Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Galla-Sidamo ⓘ
linked to: Oromia Region

Harar ⓘ
Italian Somaliland ⓘ
Ogaden ⓘ
Scioa ⓘ
Tigray Region ⓘ
linked to: Tigray region
timePeriod Interwar period ⓘ
World War II era ⓘ

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Fascist Italy → colonialPossession → Italian East Africa ⓘ
Fascist Italy → colonialPossession → Italian Eritrea ⓘ
linked to: Italian East Africa
Fascist Italy → colonialPossession → Italian Somaliland ⓘ
linked to: Italian East Africa
Fascist Italy → colonialPossession → Italian Ethiopia ⓘ
linked to: Italian East Africa
Kingdom of Italy → hadColony → Italian Eritrea ⓘ
linked to: Italian East Africa
Kingdom of Italy → hadColony → Italian Ethiopia ⓘ
linked to: Italian East Africa
East African campaign → location → Italian East Africa ⓘ
East African campaign → belligerent → Italian East Africa ⓘ
Italian East Africa → alsoKnownAs → Africa Orientale Italiana ⓘ
linked to: Italian East Africa
Italian Somaliland → partOf → Italian East Africa ⓘ
Italian Somaliland → incorporatedInto → Italian East Africa ⓘ
Italian Empire → colonialPowerOf → Italian East Africa ⓘ
British Military Administration in Eritrea → follows → Italian Eritrea ⓘ
subject linked to: British military administration
linked to: Italian East Africa
Asmara → wasPartOf → Italian Eritrea ⓘ
linked to: Italian East Africa
Amedeo, Duke of Aosta → relatedTo → Italian East Africa ⓘ
Battle of Keren → location → Italian East Africa ⓘ
Battle of Agordat → countryAtTimeOfBattle → Italian Eritrea ⓘ
linked to: Italian East Africa
Battle of Agordat → belligerent → Italian East Africa ⓘ
Battle of Amba Alagi → belligerent → Italian East Africa ⓘ
Italian colonization of Eritrea → relatedTo → Italian East Africa ⓘ
Eritrean nationalism → developedInContextOf → Italian Eritrea ⓘ
linked to: Italian East Africa
Minister of Colonies of the Kingdom of Italy → hasJurisdictionOver → Italian Ethiopia ⓘ
linked to: Italian East Africa
High Commissioner for Italian East Africa → appliesToJurisdiction → Africa Orientale Italiana ⓘ
linked to: Italian East Africa
AOI → fullName → Africa Orientale Italiana ⓘ
linked to: Italian East Africa
AOI → abbreviationOf → Africa Orientale Italiana ⓘ
linked to: Italian East Africa
AOI → predecessor → Italian Eritrea ⓘ
linked to: Italian East Africa
AOI → colonialStatus → Italian East Africa ⓘ
AOI → shortName → Italian East Africa ⓘ
Italian East African lira → countryOrRegionUsed → Italian East Africa ⓘ
Italian East African lira → countryOrRegionUsed → Italian Eritrea ⓘ
linked to: Italian East Africa
Italian East African lira → countryOrRegionUsed → Italian Ethiopia ⓘ
linked to: Italian East Africa
Italian East African lira → politicalEntityContext → Italian East Africa (Africa Orientale Italiana) ⓘ
linked to: Italian East Africa
British Military Administration in Eritrea → precededBy → Italian Eritrea ⓘ
linked to: Italian East Africa
Governor of Italian Somaliland → partOf → Italian East Africa ⓘ
Governor of Italian Somaliland → seeAlso → Italian East Africa ⓘ
Allied occupation of Asmara → countryOccupied → Italian Eritrea ⓘ
linked to: Italian East Africa
Cinema Impero → timePeriod → Italian East Africa era ⓘ
linked to: Italian East Africa
Massawa → historicalPeriod → Italian Eritrea ⓘ
linked to: Italian East Africa
Royal Decree of the Kingdom of Italy → appliedIn → Italian East Africa ⓘ
Allied occupation of Ethiopia → previousControl → Italian East Africa ⓘ
Allied occupation of Ethiopia → relatedTo → Italian East Africa ⓘ
Italian invasion of Sudan → location → Italian East Africa ⓘ
Italian invasion of Sudan → involves → Italian East Africa ⓘ
Battle of Tug Argan → belligerent → Italian East Africa ⓘ
Italian colonial police → operatedIn → Italian East Africa ⓘ
Italian colonial police → operatedIn → Italian Eritrea ⓘ
linked to: Italian East Africa