Geography
The modern-day country that Aksum was located in.
What is Ethiopia
The empire rose in this country.
What is Ethiopia?
Overlords could demand these things from people.
What is food, labor, and military services?
Before Abrahamic religions were introduced Aksum people were _______.
________ expanded the whole territory farther through a series of conquests.
Who is King Ezana?
The sea that bordered Aksum
What is the Red Sea?
These people gained control of northern Africa, blocking off trade routes to Aksum.
Who are the Arabs?
Trade routes were where in relation to the empire?
Under King Solomon and the local Queen, Sheba, the kingdom of Aksum was this religion.
What is Jewish?
The army was split into groups, the army numbers were at the highest _______ people.
What is 100,000 people?
This made herding livestock and farming easy
What is fertile soil & rainfall patterns?
They originally came from the _________.
What is the Kingdom of Saba?
This person said that Aksum was one of the four most important kingdoms in the world as of the 3rd century.
Who is the Persian religious leader?
Under King Ezana, the Aksum people created this language.
What is Ge'ez?
The number of people was at the lowest.
Was located ______ meters above sea level.
What is 2000 meters?
The two reasons the empire fell.
What are battles against the Arabs + environmental issues that ruined the fertile land?
Traded for these items.
What are gold, ivory, animals pelts, slaves and incense?
The Aksum people also spoke these languages.
What are Sabaean and Greek?
Aksum’s navy was based in _______.
What is Adulis?
Contained parts of these countries.
What are Eritrea, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen?
The highest population of this empire.
What is 20,000 people?
Population was a mix of ____ and _____ peoples.
What are Agaw and Cushitic?
The Aksum empire introduced the religion of ______ to the rest of the sub-Saharan Africa in the 4th century.
What is Christianity?
The Aksum navy was based in Adulis to __________.
What is the control the ports along the Red Sea?