I was watching this talk where she explains how imperial jaoan rose up and fought the Russians and Chinese in the meji period. And One thing I thought was particularly intresting is that after the russia-Japanese war of 1904 which japan won it became considered a great power snd every country in asia and europe was suddenly intrestd im this new power. I thought it presented an intresting contrast with the battle of adwa which was in 1896 only 8 years earlier. Which even though it was significant for pan-africanism and Ethiopia. It didn't result in a real change in how western countries dealt with Ethiopia