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Module 12
Module 12 Lesson 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was Aksum? | Aksum was an international trading center/power that lasted for 800 years |
| Where was Aksum located? | It was South of Kush on the Red Sea, in modern day Eritrea and Ethiopia |
| When was the first mention of Aksum? | The first mention of the kingdom was in a Greek guidebook. |
| Why was Aksum an international trading center/power and why? | It's location, there was a great access of sea trade with the Mediterranean Sea |
| What was Adulis? | A sea port in Aksum were people from all over went to trade |
| Who was Ezana and what did he do? | He was a great king who expanded the land and made Christianity the main religion |
| Before Christianity what was the religion of Aksum like? | It was a polytheistic religion and they believed in many gods. They honored their dead ancestors and made sacrifices |
| What was the international language at the time? | The international language at the time was Greek |
| How did Christianity enter Aksum? | When people were sharing ideas the idea of a monotheistic religion came, and finally when Ezana became king he converted himself and Aksum to Christianity |
| How did Aksumites make Christianity their own? | The people blended ideas of traditional religious practices on top of the Christian beliefs like dancing |
| What the longest achievement these people had? | There longest achievement was Christianity and the way they made it their own |
| What was the written language? | Ge’ez was the written language, it was the only African kingdom that had a written language |
| What cultural innovation did they have? | They were the first state south of the Sahara to have and mint their own coins |
| What other achievements did they have and create? | They had a hilly environment so a agricultural achievement they had was terraces that helped stop water from getting washed down hills |
| How long did the kingdom last for? | The kingdom of Aksum lasted 800 years before its fall |
| How did the kingdom fall? | The kingdom started to fall due to invaders from the religion Islam |
| At first what happened between Aksum and Islam? | At first Aksum protected Islam and they kept their trading power |
| What did the invaders do? | The invaders took over the sea port of Adulis and took away its trading power and the kingdom starting to decline because of that |
| Why did Aksum become an isolated Christian settlement? | They moved their capital because of the Islam invaders so their new location caused them to be isolated |
| What legacy did Aksum leave behind? | It left its religion, architecture, and agriculture and the pattern of not expanding outside a small area is still found in Africa today |
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