WORLD HISTORY

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: -The first African kingdom to officially adopt Christianity as a state religion was Axum, a powerful kingdom in modern-day Ethiopia, ruled by King Ezana, in the fourth century CE.

Detailed explanation-3: -Religion of Ethiopia Christianity was introduced to Ethiopia in the 4th century, and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (called Tewahdo in Ethiopia) is one of the oldest organized Christian bodies in the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Ethiopian Orthodox ‘Tewahedo’ Church is one of the oldest and earliest Christian bodies in the world. It is generally considered to be the traditional religion of the land, and is closely correlated with the national identity.

Detailed explanation-5: -The ancient East African kingdom of Aksum gradually adopted Christianity from the early-to mid-fourth-century reign of Ezana onwards. The well-known narrative of the late Roman church-historian Rufinus relates a top-down process of conversion, starting with the ruler himself.