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| 1-2 of 2Aksum flashcard sets | |||
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| # | Title | Terms | Date |
| 1 | Empires of India, China, Aksumby triathlonsgirl | 77 terms | November 19, 2009 |
| 2 | aksumby KuroShadyKun | 2 terms | October 2, 2008 |
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | an important east african center of trade | 11 sets | |
| 2 | an important e. african center of trade | 4 sets | |
| 3 | a kingdom along the red sea today known as ethiopia and eritrea which grew wealthy from trade | 3 sets | |
| 4 | first people to have written language call ge'ez, people called aksumites | 3 sets | |
| 5 | an important east african center of trade which was located in modern-day ethiopia. people traced roots to solomon and sheba. | 2 sets | |
| 6 | located in ethiopia | 2 sets | |
| 7 | located in present day ethiopia, an important east african center of trade | 2 sets | |
| 8 | a kingdom located along the red sea (now ethiopia and eritre) which grew wealth from trade. | 2 sets | |
| 9 | located south of kush on a rugged plateau near the red sea | 2 sets | |
| 10 | protected muhammad's family and followers during their rise to power | 2 sets | |
| 11 | meroe eventually was defeated by this kingdom located 400 miles to the southeast | 2 sets | |
| 12 | seized areas along the red sea and blue nile in africa | 2 sets | |
| 13 | region where the rulers became christian and later the nubians converted also, causing the last influences of kush to disappear. | 2 sets | |
| 14 | powerful kingdom that conquered kush | 2 sets | |
| 15 | eastern african kingdom; conquered kush in 350 | 1 set | |
| 16 | a city in present day ethioia | 1 set | |
| 17 | eithiopian empire ruled by ezana | 1 set | |
| 18 | roots back to solomon and queen sheba; back to 1000 b.c.; geez = language; people called aksumites; adulis = capital | 1 set | |
| 19 | located in modern day ethiopia | 1 set | |
| 20 | am important east african center of trade | 1 set | |
| 21 | an important east african center of trade that adopted chritianity at one time | 1 set | |
| 22 | located south of kush on a rugged plateau on the red sea in what is now eritrea and ethopia, history may have begun as early as 1000 b.c., when arab peoples crossed the red sea into africa where they mingled with kushite herders and passed along their written language ge | 1 set | |
| 23 | an african kingdom, in what now is ethiopia and eritrea, that reached the height of its power in fourth century ad | 1 set | |
| 24 | an important christian trading capital in what is now ethiopia; it flourished due to its location near the red sea and the indian ocean as a important center of trade. | 1 set | |
| 25 | kingdom that conquered neighboring kush in about 350 a.d. | 1 set | |
| 26 | power kingdom which arose and conquered kush, located on the "horn of africa", became a major trading site | 1 set | |
| 27 | 300-700 ad close to middle east. | 1 set | |
| 28 | this kingdom's red sea port city was adulis. | 1 set | |
| 29 | ethiopia; trade btw. red sea/egypt; close to the middle east->islamic influence | 1 set | |
| 30 | 300-700 ad. present day ethiopia. | 1 set | |
| 31 | 300-700 ad; known as ethiopia; controlled all of red sea all the way up to egypt | 1 set | |
| 32 | african kingdom conquered kush: legend of origins from king solomon & queen of sheba | 1 set | |
| 33 | african kingdom, now ethiopia and eritrea | 1 set | |
| 34 | important trading capital for the first and 8th century | 1 set | |
| 35 | africa's first and greatest christian kingdom | 1 set | |
| 36 | located south of kush on a rugged plateau on the red sea, in what is now erirea and ethiopia | 1 set | |
| 37 | one of the first major empires in africa that occupied ethiopia and eritiria | 1 set | |
| 38 | located at the horn of africa | 1 set | |
| 39 | an important trading capital from the first to the eighth centuries a.d. in what is now ethiopia; it flourished due to its location near the red sea an the indian ocean. | 1 set | |
| 40 | an empire that controlled much of ethiopia from the first to the eighth century a.d. | 1 set | |