HST 197 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Post-Classical History, Kingdom Of Aksum, Sub-Saharan Africa
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Founded in the highlands of northern ethiopia in the 1st century c. e. Small kingdom whose merchants traded from the port of adulis on the red sea. Axum displaced kush as egypt"s principal link to the southern lands. They sent the nubian kingdom into political and economic decline. Axumite forces invaded kush and destroyed the capital city in 360 c. e. Axumites in the 4th and 5th century adopted christianity. They established a distinctive church that maintained relations with christian communities in egypt and the mediterranean basin. In the 6th century, axum went on campaigns to expand their territory. Built an empire that included ethiopia and yemen. They also campaigned as far north as mecca in 571 c. e. (birth year of. During 7th and 8th centuries, arab conquerors tried to bring axum under the realm of. Axum maintained its independence and christian religion. But most of axum"s neighboring societies adopted islam, so axum fell out of touch with its christian cohorts.
