From the seventh to eighth century onwards, the Aksumite Kingdom fell in decline due to a combination of mutually reinforcing factors. Civil wars threatened Aksumite power in the Horn of Africa. In ...

The ruins of the ancient city of Aksum are found close to Ethiopia's northern border. They mark the location of the heart of ancient Ethiopia, when the Kingdom of Aksum was the most powerful state ...

The organizational and technological skills of the Aksumites were represented by the construction of stelae (singular: stela). These monuments were created in line of older African traditions and made ...

The Ethiopian branch of Christianity first emerged in the kingdom of Aksum in the northern corner of the Ethiopian highlands. The person who introduced Christianity to Aksum is said to be ...