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Aksum after the Kingdom
The establishment of Arab control over the Red Sea - destroying Adulis between 702 and 715 AD - effectively isolated the kingdom from its religious companions to the north. Subsequently, Aksum could ...
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Capital of a Kingdom
The city of Aksum evolved from a ceremonial centre in the first century AD, with over 10,000 inhabitants, into the commercial and administrative centre of the Aksumite Kingdom. The kingdom was at its ...
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Abuna Yemata Guh, a remote and ancient church in a very difficult to access location
The rock walls that must be traversed to reach Abuna Yemata Guh (Photo: Wittmann Tours). Disagreements within Ethiopian Christianity began very early. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church was founded in 341.
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Ethiopia & Nubia
The Ethiopian branch of Christianity first emerged in the kingdom of Aksum in the northern corner of the Ethiopian highlands. The person who introduced Christianity to Aksum is said to be ...
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'Time Portal' is a daily history quiz challenge where you have to guess the place and time from four AI-generated images.
The answer is 'Under King Ezana, the Kingdom of Aksum accepted Christianity and became a major Christian power in sub-Saharan Africa,' which is the conversion of King Ezana of the Kingdom of Aksum ...