history 11:3

• SE of nubia, extended from present day ethiopia mnts to red sea shores (present day eritrea)
• african farmers + middle E jews

language created by axum blending of cultures

• one of two main axum cities
• port on red sea

made christianity official axum religion

• what axumite kings referred to kingdom as whole
• term greeks used for region
• christian area

to form into a single unit

ancient ethiopian book that stated ethiopian kings descended from israelite king soloman and queen sheba

ethiopian jews who lived in mnts of ethipia untill 1900

• most successful city state
• "one of the most beautiful and well-constructed towns in the world"

a group of connected builings that form a single whole

• the successful E african international trade system led to emergence of this vibrant culture and new language
• "of the coast"

• impressive capital ruins
• "stone houses"