Thursday, November 5, 2009

How axum Beagned.300 - 700 Rise of Aksum and conversion to christianity

By 1st century Tome conquered Egypt, Carthage , And other North African Areas. Which Became the granaries of the Roman Empire, The majority of the population became christians. Aksum spent its religious zeal carving out churches from rocks and writting their religious text. Adulis, Aksum & Matara became the three most important centers in the ancient world. During the second century Aksum finally conquered Kush. The Aksumites occupied one of the most fertile regions in the world. they believed that the gods controlled the natural forces of the universe. In the fifth century A.D. they replaced greek liturgy & began using their own native language Ge'ez.

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