Home
Flashcards
Preview
history 11:3
Home
Get App
Take Quiz
Create
axum
SE of nubia, extended from present day ethiopia mnts to red sea shores (present day eritrea)
african farmers + middle E jews
Geez
language created by axum blending of cultures
adulis
one of two main axum cities
port on red sea
king ezana
made christianity official axum religion
ethiopia
what axumite kings referred to kingdom as whole
term greeks used for region
christian area
unify
to form into a single unit
the glory of kings
ancient ethiopian book that stated ethiopian kings descended from israelite king soloman and queen sheba
falasha
ethiopian jews who lived in mnts of ethipia untill 1900
kilwa
most successful city state
"one of the most beautiful and well-constructed towns in the world"
complex
a group of connected builings that form a single whole
swahili
the successful E african international trade system led to emergence of this vibrant culture and new language
"of the coast"
great zimbabwe
impressive capital ruins
"stone houses"
Author
kelly
ID
141524
Card Set
history 11:3
Description
kingdoms and trading states of east africa
Updated
2012-03-14T08:49:24Z
Show Answers
Home
Flashcards
Preview