"The boundaries of Tigre once extended to the shores of the sea; but first Turks and Egyptians and, especially in recent times, Italians drove back the Abyssinians to the other side of the Mareb River."

Page 87, in The Ethiopian System of Government section, Ethiopia through Russian Eyes Country in Transition 1896-1898 by Alexander Bulatovich, Translated by Richard Seltzer.

Whatever happened to Professor Doctor Megalomatis Mohamed Shemssedin? I always enjoyed reading his articles.

Whatever happened to Professor Doctor Megalomatis Mohamed Shemssedin? I always enjoyed reading his articles.

It’s good to know who is who Professor Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis is a Professor on the Internet only. Let him come to Yemen, Iran and Ethiopia (Oromo, Amara and Tigray) and tell them what he wrote about the history and origin of these nations.

Orientalist, Historian, Political Scientist, Dr. Megalommatis, 54, is the author of 12 books, dozens of scholarly articles, hundreds of encyclopedia entries, and thousands of articles. He speaks, reads and writes more than 15, modern and ancient, languages. He refuted Greek nationalism, supported Martin Bernal´s Black Athena, and rejected the Greco-Romano-centric version of History. He pleaded for the European History by J. B. Duroselle, and defended the rights of the Turkish, Pomak, Macedonian, Vlachian, Arvanitic, Latin Catholic, and Jewish minorities of Greece.

Born Christian Orthodox, he adhered to Islam when 36, devoted to ideas of Muhyieldin Ibn al Arabi. Greek citizen of Turkish origin, Prof. Megalommatis studied and/or worked in Turkey, Greece, France, England, Belgium, Germany, Syria, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Egypt and Russia, and carried out research trips throughout the Middle East, Northeastern Africa and Central Asia. His career extended from Research & Education, Journalism, Publications, Photography, and Translation to Website Development, Human Rights Advocacy

Comrade Nagga Tuma, The Red sea always belonged to Tigray, ancebas were always Tigrayan subjects and had no say outside their homes( which were but also dominated by their women). The Turks tried to infiltirate around some coastal villages, but Tigrayan gladiators, for example, those led by the heroic commander weldesenbet of Temben & Adwa evicted them very easily. It is true, Turks stayed in Masawa and its immediate environs, but only becoz they were paying huge taxes to Ras Weldeselase of Enderta, and then to Ras Wube of Temben and Tselemti, and then to Ras Sebagadis of A-game: the 3 strongest powers of their times in the entire East African Rgion. Egyptians never controlled our Sea, they replaced the Fangist dynasty in Norther Agew aka Bogos, Today's keren, but Ras Alula evicted them in a 3 day battle( but of course after annihilating them in Gundet , and then in Gurae, prior to that of Bogos , which was itself followed by Alula's victory over Kufti/ kesela)

As usual a white man from Europe or Russia repeats what the invaders said. what was pushed back? the land or "Tigre" people? They tell us tigre people above the mereb are different.

"Tigre" people on both sides of the mereb are all same people!

the only truth, foreign invaders struggled to create Eritrea, at last the Italian succeeded!

Professor Magaleteet is Ethiopia hater forget him!!

Does the professor write the truth based on fact and evidence ? If yes, then It is OK with me as far as he telling us our weaknesses.