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"You know, he expected Britain to supply him with weapons and artisans because of he was Christian, waging war against the Muslims inside his country and against the Turks threatening him in Christian world. The incident demonstrates the political innocence of African leaders. Emperor Tyros could not imagine that Great Britain, a Christian state, would be view him on the same level as the hatred museums and Turks. He was also completely unaware that his initial letter represented an invitation to for a British intervention into Ethiopian affairs."