Jake Mckeegan

The ancient city of Axum

Axum was an ancient civilization that used to exist in modern-day Africa.

Let’s first talk about their accomplishments:

Axum was the first African civilization to mint their coins.
Axum was the first African civilization to switch to Christianity.
Its alphabet, the Ge’ez alphabet.
The ancient Axum civilization’s capital was the city of Axum.

Despite these accomplishments, the ancient civilization of Axum still fell during the 7th century AD due to many factors like environmental changes and a decline in trade.

    Now let’s talk about their location and other facts:

    The ancient civilization of Axum is located in modern-day Ethiopia, some parts of Sudan, and Eritrea. It was one of the first civilizations in the world to adopt Christianity and is known for its towering stone obelisks. Axum had religious tolerance and was a very wealthy civilization. They prospered through trade, resource management, and innovation. Their success was due to their ability to innovate and adapt to their environment. Although it had a large significance in history many mysteries remain about the civilization.

    Enemies:

With any person, any tribe, any faith, any country, any civilization comes its enemies. These enemies include some Arab tribes, the Sassian empire, and sometimes each other. They sometimes had succession disputes and civil wars, but all civilizations have some disagreement, right?

Friends:

The ancient city of Axum had some alliances over time like Egypt and the Byzantine Empire. The cooperation between Egypt was because of religion and they had close ties, and trade alliances with the Byzantine Empire mutually benefited both parties and contributed to the prosperity of both kingdoms.

Citations:

OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com   

Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. “Aksum”. Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Aug. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/place/Aksum-ancient-kingdom-Africa. Accessed 1 November 2023.
Brown, T. (2023, October 19). The Kingdom of Aksum. Education. https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/kingdom-aksum/