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Module 12 - Lesson 3
The Kingdom of Aksum
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Called the ________, Arab traders from across the Red Sea established trading settlements. | Horn of Africa |
| Traders from ___, ___, ___, ___, and the Roman Empire crowded Aksum’s chief seaport, Adulis, near present-day Massawa. | Egypt, Arabia, Persia, India. |
| The kingdom of Aksum reached its height between AD 325 and 360, when an exceptionally strong ruler, ___, occupied the throne. | Ezana |
| Aksumite gods included of who? | Astar, Mahrem, Beher, and Medr. |
| Merchants exchanged more than raw materials and finished goods in Aksum. They shared ideas as well. One of these new ideas was a religion. Which one? | Christianity |
| Aksum’s cultural and technological achievements enabled it to last for how many years? | 800 years |
| When Ezana finally became ruler of Aksum, he did what? | He converted to Christianity and established it as the kingdom’s official religion. |
| The blended group of ___ and ___ would form the basis of a new and powerful trading kingdom. | Africans and Arabs |
| What was Adulis? | The main seaport of Aksum, located near modern-day Massawa on the Red Sea. |
| Who was Ezana? | A Aksumite ruler, he destroyed the Kush capital of Meroe and took over the kingdom of Kush around 320 AD. |