HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Egypt
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Congo
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Ethiopia
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Ghana
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Detailed explanation-1: -Aksum was situated in the highlands of northern Ethiopia, in a region called Tigray, near present-day Eritrea. Humans had inhabited the region and the valleys below since the Stone Age, and agrarian communities had been there for at least a millennium.
Detailed explanation-2: -Aksum was the name of a city and a kingdom which is essentially modern-day northern Ethiopia (Tigray province) and Eritrea.
Detailed explanation-3: -By the reign of Endubis in the late 3rd century, the empire had begun minting its own currency. It converted to Christianity in 325 or 328 under King Ezana, and was the first state ever to use the image of the cross on its coins. The kingdom used the name “Ethiopia” as early as the 4th century.
Detailed explanation-4: -Aksum was an ancient African kingdom located in present-day Ethiopia and Eritrea. As a result of war, Aksum destroyed the nearby Kush kingdom.