The Aksumites were formed from Kushitic and Semitic speaking people who settled the Red Sea territory in 500 B.C. They spoke a very strong Semitic language and wrote in Semitic "characters." The Aksumites lived in the highlands of Ethiopia near the Red Sea. Living there gave them a strategic position in trade routes between Yemen and the cities of Nubia.
In the 5th century A.D. they replaced Greek literature and began using their own native language Ge'ez.
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