Africa · Religion

Aksum, Ge'ez and an African Christian court

c. 100-700 CE · East Africa

Aksum linked highland agriculture and Red Sea commerce, issued coins and inscriptions, raised monumental stelae and adopted Christianity under King Ezana.

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How the setting appeared

Stone elite buildings, stelae fields, churches, reservoirs and dense settlement occupied a highland capital connected to Adulis.

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How people lived

Farmers, merchants, artisans, soldiers, clergy and court households spoke several languages within unequal communities.

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How people worked

Terrace farming, livestock, masonry, coinage, writing and caravan-port exchange supported royal authority.

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Belief, ritual and worship

Royal inscriptions record a shift from older Aksumite cults to Christianity in the fourth century, without implying instant conversion of every community.

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Historical geography

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CIT-UNESCO-AKSUM

Aksum

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/15

UNESCO World Heritage Centre

CIT-UNESCO-GENERAL-HISTORY-AFRICA

General History of Africa

https://www.unesco.org/en/general-history-africa

UNESCO

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