Kingdom of Aksum
This Red Sea port was the main harbor of the Kingdom of Aksum.
What is Adulis?
Italy formally named its colony Eritrea in this year.
What is 1890?
This Ethiopian emperor pressured Eritrea's Assembly to dissolve the federation.
Who is Haile Selassie?
EPLF fighters liberated Asmara on this date in 1991. (Eritrea's Independence Day)
What is May 24?
This color of the flag's triangle stands for the blood shed for independence.
What is red?
In the 4th century, King Ezana led Aksum in adopting this religion.
What is Christianity?
The name Eritrea comes from the Greek language for this sea.
What is the Red Sea?
In the late 1950s this language replaced Tigrinya and Arabic in Eritrean schools.
What is Amharic?
About this percentage of voters chose independence in the 1993 referendum.
What is 99.8 percent?
The gold olive wreath on the flag has this many leaves, one for each year of the struggle.
What is 30?
Aksum was among the first African states to mint its own version of these.
What are coins?
In 1941 British forces defeated the Italians at this mountain town.
What is Keren?
Hamid Idris Awate fired the first shots of the armed struggle here in 1961
What is Mt. Adal?
The 1998 to 2000 war began with clashes over this town.
What is Badme?
Eritreans hold Martyrs' Day on this date each year.
What is June 20?
In 1557 this empire seized the port of Massawa.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
Under Italian rule, Asmara earned this nickname.
What is Little Rome?
The EPLF held this northern mountain stronghold from 1978; the currency is named for it.
What is Nakfa?
The December 2000 peace agreement is named for this city, the capital of Algeria
What is Algiers?
This ceremony, with three rounds of coffee, is a sign of Eritrean hospitality
What is the bun (coffee) ceremony?
Egypt took control of Massawa in this year.
What is 1865?
In 1952, after a UN decision, Eritrea was federated with this country.
What is Ethiopia?
In February 1990 EPLF fighters captured the port of Massawa in this operation.
What is Operation Fenkil?
In July 2018 this Ethiopian prime minister met Isaias Afwerki in Asmara.
Who is Abiy Ahmed?
Eritrea officially recognizes this many ethnic groups. (NAME ALL)
9; Tigrinya, Tigre, Bilen, Kunama, Hedareb, Afar, Saho, Nara, Rashaida