i) Menelik had the support of the provincial rulers/kings
ii) He was to unite Ethiopians against the common enemy, the Italians
iii) Menelik had a large well-trained army with modern weapons which he had acquired from Europeans
iv) The Ethiopian soldiers knew the terrain of their country/applied guerilla warfare
v) Adequate food supply to sustain the prolonged war
vi) Menelik used diplomacy by playing off one European power against another to delay Italian attack
vii) The Ethiopians were anxious (Determined) to be independent of European control
viii) Italian soldiers were incompetent and ill-prepared/underrated Ethiopians military strength
lemass answered the question on April 22, 2019 at 09:57
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