Eastern and Southern African civilizations

Eastern and Southern African civilizations

Axum and Ethiopia

• Kush

• Commercial hub

• Ethiopia

• Port to the Red Sea

• Beyond Africa -Rome northwest and India east

• Gold, ivory, textiles, tools, jewelry and steel

Axum's monumen

• wealth and power

• great stairways le to altars honoring Gods

• grand stone pillar - stele - mark graves of rulers

• Stele like scryscraper

• false doord and windows carve in the stone

• royal burial tombs

Religion

• Roman

• Christianity

• Monks

Axum weakened

• Economic problems

• Islam spread

• Dynasty Zagwe

• Chirstianity

• Muslim trade

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Where was Axum Empire located?

• near Nile River

• near Red Sea

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What did Axum monuments look like?

• Tombs

• Pyramids

• Skyscrapers

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Religion in Axum

• Muslim

• Islam

• Christianity

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Axum is now known as

• Egypt

• Ethipioa

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Monks are

• Axum Rulers

• Axum religious men