HISTORY
CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA
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Question
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What early African kingdom converted to Christianity probably through the influence of Frumentius?
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Kush
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Aksum
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Ghana
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Songhai
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Aksum had become Christianized in the fourth century C.E. and became the first sub-Saharan African state to embrace the new Semitic religion. A figure named Frumentius is given credit for spreading the gospel to Ethiopia.
Detailed explanation-2: -Reign. Ezana was the first monarch of the Kingdom of Aksum to embrace Christianity, after he was converted by his slave-teacher, Frumentius.
Detailed explanation-3: -Under Emperor Ezana, Aksum adopted Christianity in place of its former polytheistic and Judaic religions around 325.
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