1. The Kingdom of Aksum
• - It was located South of Kush on a rugged
plateau on the Red Sea, in what we now know
as the countries of Eritrea and Ethiopia
• - called the Horn of Africa
• - Adalius was chief Sea-Port of the kingdom
and became an international trading power.
• - The kingdom of Aksum was the only African
Kingdom to have a written language.
• - They seized land around the Red Sea and
the Blue NIle because of their importance in
trade
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