Definitions
Aksumite Society
Conquest, Expansion, & Decline
Islam & Africa
Historical Figures and Places
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An ancient East African Kingdom which spanned eight centuries.
What is the Kingdom of Aksum?
100
What religion did the Aksumite Kingdom convert to during the 4th Century C.E?
What is Christianity?
100
Aksum's power was founded on its
What is wealth?
100
The world's 2nd largest religion with approximately 1.9 billion followers.
What is Islam?
100
Name this African country.
What is Ethiopia?
200
A landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It is home to the ancient Aksumite Kingdom.
What is Ethiopia?
200
This religious symbol appeared on 4th Century Aksumite coins after the kingdom converted to Christianity.
What is the cross?
200
A 4th Century Ethiopian King who converted to Christianity and conquered Kush.
Who is King Ezana?
200
A follower of the religion of Islam.
What is a Muslim?
200
Name this monument.
What are the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela?
300
The advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes.
What is feminism?
300
These monuments were created in the line of older African traditions and made of a single piece of granite during the 3rd Century C.E.
What are Aksumite monoliths/stelae?
300
Why did the Kingdom of Aksum attack and ultimately conquer Kush? *(4th Century C.E.)
Aksum conquered Kush in order to secure trade routes near the Nile River. King Ezana also wanted to control natural resources around Nubia.
300
The founder of Islam and proclaimer of the Qur'an.
Who is the Prophet Muhammad?
300
Name this ruler.
Who is King Ezana?
400
An aromatic gum resin obtained from an African tree and burned as incense.
What is Frankincense?
400
A town in northern Ethiopia known for its distinctive rock-cut churches dating from the 12th and 13th centuries.
What is Lalibela?
400
What goods did Aksum export?
Aksumite merchants traded heavily in several items including frankincense, emeralds, salt, wheat/barley, ivory, and tortoise shells.
400
A Berber Umayyad commander, who converted to Islam and initiated the conquest of Hispania in 711 A.D.
Who is Tariq ibn Ziyad?
400
Name this monument.
What is the Aksumite monoliths/stelae?
500
The visual images and symbols used in a work of art or the study or interpretation of these.
What is iconography?
500
An ancient Aksumite city along the Red Sea in the Gulf of Zula. It was also the central trading port of the empire.
What is Adulis?
500
Why did the Kingdom of Aksum decline?
Aksum declined due to invasions by Islamic forces which cut off international trade routes and connections to Christian settlements.
500
The ruling family of Muslim caliphate between 661 and 750. This dynasty ruled over Islamic Iberia in southwestern Europe.
What is the Umayyad Dynasty?
500
Name this substance.
What is Frankincense?