The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shewa" id="mwhw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Shewa">Shewan</a> forces of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menelik_II_of_Ethiopia" id="mwiA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Menelik II of Ethiopia">Menelik II of Ethiopia</a> defeat the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gojjam" id="mwiQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gojjam">Gojjame</a> army in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Embabo" id="mwig" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Embabo">Battle of Embabo</a>. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abay_River" id="mwiw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Abay River">Abay River</a>.<sup about="#mwt96" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-17"}}' id="cite_ref-17" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./June_6#cite_note-17" id="mwjA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 17;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwjQ">[17]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-17"><cite about="#mwt93" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFOfcanskyProutyShinn2004">Ofcansky, Thomas P.; Prouty, Chris; Shinn, David Hamilton (2004). <i id="mwBk0">Historical dictionary of Ethiopia</i>. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p.<span id="mwBk4" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>633. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwBk8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwBlA" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/978-08-10849-10-5" id="mwBlE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/978-08-10849-10-5"><bdi id="mwBlI">978-08-10849-10-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt93" class="Z3988" id="mwBlM" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Historical+dictionary+of+Ethiopia&amp;rft.place=Lanham%2C+Maryland&amp;rft.pages=633&amp;rft.pub=Scarecrow+Press&amp;rft.date=2004&amp;rft.isbn=978-08-10849-10-5&amp;rft.aulast=Ofcansky&amp;rft.aufirst=Thomas+P.&amp;rft.au=Prouty%2C+Chris&amp;rft.au=Shinn%2C+David+Hamilton&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJune+6"></span></span>