Ethiopia
Categories
- Prehistoric (2)
Links
Images from World History
http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/um/umn.html
Ancient Horn of Africa: Axum (Aksum)
Wonders of the African World
http://www.pbs.org/wonders/Episodes/Epi4/4_wondr1.htm
A photograph and brief description of the city.
The Aksumite State from Country Study
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+et0013)
The Kingdom of Aksum's height of power, rule over Meroe and southern Arabia, literature, architecture, and coins of Aksum, and establishment of Christianity.
Aksum - An African Civilisation of Late Antiquity
http://users.vnet.net/alight/aksum/mhak1.html
History of the Aksumite Kingdom
Ethiopia - Ethiopian History - Aksum
http://www.ethiopianhistory.com/aksum
The origination of the peoples of Aksum, their lives, and culture.
KAM Ancient Abyssinia
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Classroom/9912/ancientabyssinia.html
Connections between Arabia and Abyssinia, Queen Sheba, Sabean religion, Aksum, conversion to Christianity, Lalibela's churches, accomplishments of some of Gonar's rulers and emperors of the modern era.
Civilizations in Africa: Axum
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CIVAFRCA/AXUM.HTM
Aksumite origin, language, kingdom, trade, conquers, and religion.
The Kingdom of Aksum - Archaeology
http://archaeology.about.com/cs/africa/a/aksum.htm
Aksum had a powerful connection between Rome and the world.