The intro video gives some details and I skimmed Wikipedia before asking this, but what did he do that made he be picked among other previous Ethiopian rulers and other rulers from anywhere else in the world? Was he progressive compared to contemporaries? Basically, what made him so cool?
u/quiaudetvincent had a really brilliant answer in some of Menelik’s lifetime and legacy in this comment on a previous question
Edit: This Question explores his role in the formation of Ethiopia as we know it today.