One of the 4 Greatest Civilizations of the Ancient World: Kingdom of Aksum | Africa in 30 Seconds
The Kingdom of Aksum is described as one of the four greatest civilizations of the ancient world. The Aksumite kings controlled trade in the Red Sea from their base in what is modern day Eritrea and Ethiopia. Aksum was also noteworthy for its elaborate monuments and written script, as well as being the first rulers in Africa to embrace Christianity and introducing the Christian religion to the rest of sub-Saharan Africa. Christianity first came to the Aksum Empire in the fourth century A.D. when a Greek-speaking missionary named Frumentius converted King Ezana. Legend has it that the kingdom was first established by the son of King Solomon of Israel and the Queen of Sheba. Aksum began to rise in power and expand around 100 CE, reaching its peak around 350 CE. This history is little known, both in Africa and elsewhere, because a lot of academics and teachers in African countries have been a product of colonial education themselves, and so they could not receive a true, comprehensive and chronological account of their own history.
One of the 4 Greatest Civilizations of the Ancient World: Kingdom of Aksum | Africa in 30 Seconds
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