History of Ethiopia 200AD to 500AD
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Middle East
One small part of the region, Judaea, has given birth to the new religion of Christianity, but has also seen the dispersal of the Jewish people from their homeland
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Egypt
Egypt is a province of the Roman empire
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Arabia
The civilization of southern Arabia is in decline
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Africa
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Nubia
Nubian civilization is suffering from a shortage of resources
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Ethiopia
500AD
The kingdom of Axum (Aksum) has become a powerful state. It has also become a Christian state, converted by monks from the Byzantine empire. Ethiopian Christianity is centred around monasteries, which will play an enormous part in the cultural and political life of the country. Shortly after this time, the Ethiopians briefly control the south-western parts of the Arabian peninsula, before being driven back across the Red Sea by the Persians.
Axum, and its port Adulis, on the Red Sea coast, are flourishing centres of trade; at this time Axum apparently exercises a controlling influence upon the maritime trade coming up the Red Sea from India and the East.
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Middle East
The Middle East is divided between the Eastern Roman empire and the Persian empire
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Egypt
Egypt is a province of the Eastern Roman Empire
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Arabia
The civilization of southern Arabia has declined, along with the great desert trade routes
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Africa
A powerful new kingdom is arising in Ethiopia, while in West Africa trade routes across the Sahara are developing
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Nubia
The kingdom of Nubia has become divided into three kingdoms
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