16–17th century northerly expansions of Oromo people
Oromo Invasions
The Borana on the left (expanded westward), the Barento on the right (expanded eastward), and the Luba in the middle (elders, rulers, or sorcerers).
Time
16th and 17th centuries (greatest estimate)[1]
Place
The Horn of Africa
Event
Oromo conquests of various kingdoms, empires, and principalities [2]
The Oromo expansions, also known as the Oromo migrations or the Oromo invasions[3][4] (in older historiography, Galla invasions[5][6][7]), were a series of expansions in the 16th and 17th centuries by the Oromo. Prior to their great expansion in the 16th century, the Oromo inhabited only the area of what is now modern-day southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya.[1] Over the centuries due to many factors, mostly the wars between Adal Sultanate and Ethiopia would further encourage the numerous Oromo tribes to expand towards central and eastern modern Ethiopia.[8]
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^Mordechai, Abir (28 October 2013). Ethiopia and the Red Sea The Rise and Decline of the Solomonic Dynasty and Muslim European Rivalry in the Region. Taylor & Francis. p. 169. ISBN 9781136280900.
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