Chapter III · North & East Africa
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Kingdoms
Kemet · Kush · Aksum
North & East Africa
Kemet · Kush · Aksum
Chapter III
Along the world's longest river, three great kingdoms rose in succession across three thousand years. Kemet — ancient Egypt — built monuments still standing today. When Kemet weakened, Kush to the south conquered it and ruled as the 25th Dynasty. Then Aksum, commanding the Red Sea trade routes, became one of the ancient world's four great powers and the first state to adopt Christianity as its official religion.
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Key dates
3100 BCE
Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under Narmer
~700 BCE
Kingdom of Kush conquers Egypt — the 25th Dynasty
100 CE
Aksum rises as a Red Sea trading empire
330 CE
King Ezana of Aksum adopts Christianity
940 CE
Decline of Aksum kingdom
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Empires and heroes drawn from the Africanpedia catalogue for this region.
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