The Rise of the Aksumite Empire

100 CE · Aksum, Etiyopya · political

Between the 1st and 4th centuries CE Aksum became master of the Red Sea trade, a fourth great power contemporary with Rome, the Sasanians and the Guptas.

| The longest-lived state tradition in Africa; the first civilisation of continental Africa to possess a script of its own (Ge'ez).

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What was The Rise of the Aksumite Empire?
Between the 1st and 4th centuries CE Aksum became master of the Red Sea trade, a fourth great power contemporary with Rome, the Sasanians and the Guptas.
When did The Rise of the Aksumite Empire happen?
100 CE
Where did The Rise of the Aksumite Empire take place?
Aksum, Etiyopya