North Shewa deteriorated from a big center of political power to impoverished villages of peasants by the beginning of the 20th century. The region was abandoned by the court and by its significant number of population. This was mainly because of unbalanced development between its population and its economy particularly, agricultural productivity. The growth of population and the supplies needed by the kingdom became beyond the economic capacity of north Shewa. Its agricultural productivity could not correspond to the development of its needs. This was because of the factors that crippled the...