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"These devastating victories settled the crucial question as to which of the powers, Christian or Muslim. The victories of Amda-Siyon help [[Abyssinia|Abyssinians]] survive." States [[Mohammed Hassen]], "It made the southern region the nerve centre of Ethiopian history. Henceforth for the next two centuries, the southern region remained the source from which the stream of history flowed in different channels. In short, the wars of Amda-Siyon made the [[Abyssinian people|Abyssinians]] masters of the region, and from then on there gleams around the name [[Abyssinia|Abyssinians]] that halo which belongs to the great conquering nations. However, in the long run these victories failed to achieve the desired end." "The campaigns of Amda-Siyon did not create an empire, but they did lay a proper foundation for the creation of a nation later inspire Emperor [[Menelik II|Emperor Menelik ii]] for the unification of modern [[Ethiopia]]. In no concrete manner was there a creative marriage of cultures, a passage of ideas, an equal sharing of wealth. To the Christians the conquest meant constant enrichment."<ref>Mohammed Hassen, The Oromo of Ethiopia pp.15</ref> [[Arabization|Arabazation]] Some of the later sultanates were arab dissent.