By the beginning of the 19th century Henry Salt (Egyptologist), who travelled in the interior of Ethiopia, divided the Ethiopian region, like James Bruce into three distinct and independent states. These three great divisions (based arbitrarily on Language) are Tigre, Amhara, and the province of Shoa. Henry considers Tigre as the more powerful state of the three; a circumstance arising from the natural strength of the country, the warlike disposition of its inhabitants, and its vicinity to the sea coast; an advantage that has secured to it the monopoly of all the musquets imported into the country. He divided the Tigre kingdom into several provinces as the centre where it was considered the seat of the state being referred as Tigre proper a region around Adwa. the other Provinces of this kingdom includes Enderta, Agame, Wojjerat, Tembien,and Shire. the border between Tigre and the kingdom of Medri Bahri/Baharenegash was the Mareb River though sometimes Medri Bahri incloude some parts of Shire.