The Empire of Aksum (Axum)
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- The Kingdom and later Empire of Aksum (also spelled Axum) was one of late antiquity's most influential, wealthiest and powerful states. The Aksumites built incredible monuments, minted their own gold coins, traded with lands as far away as India and China, and were influential in spreading Christianity throughout eastern Africa. They are also arguably the people from whom the inhabitants of modern Ethiopia and Eritrea draw their cultural and religious identity from. Check out the video to see what the Empire of Aksum was and why it's so important to the history of Africa and the world.
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I can tell immediately, you did a lot of research on this ancient African empire. Axum was such a powerful Kingdom, that gets hardly mentioned at all. It's going to take Independent historians like yourself to bring these type of civilizations to the for front. Thanks.
if you know history axum is there but its not really readily that accessible unless you do a lot of reading :)
Cy does an incredible job of research! He's my son and my history professor (we bond over Cy's history lessons - lol). You had a very nice comment btw!
Wow, thanks so much... comments like yours make my day... thank you! Actually there's more I wanted to add but couldn't due to time. However, I'm going to do a supplementary podcast where I'll go more into depth with some of these topics for those of you who want to learn more.
Again, thanks so much for stopping by and the kind words of encouragement...they mean a lot! Stay tuned to more and stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy you deserve it and ima waiting for more cuz axum are interesting
@@HistorywithCy hey u should do the kingdom of numidia
The Kingdom of Aksum is notable for a number of achievements, such as its own alphabet, the Ge'ez alphabet. Under Emperor Ezana, Aksum adopted Christianity, which gave rise to the present-day Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church. wealthy African civilization thrived for centuries, controlling a large territorial state and access to vast trade routes linking the Roman Empire to the Middle East and India. Proud to be Ethiopian
The part about the coins is fascinating!
Yeah, there are soon many of them that have been discovered. They're actually the source that we have for knowing/confirming the existence of the various Aksumite kings. The British Museum has a huge collection, many of which they've posted online if you're interested in looking at more of them.
Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it! Stay safe!
It is true though!!!
@@HistorywithCy the british should return our coins tho
I'm an eastern orthodox christian. I loved this! And the icons! I didn't know about the empire of aksum. Thank you!
Really you should no more they even used to rule Yemen
Ethiopia is mentioned more times than any other nation in the Judeo-Christian bible.
Yeah
@@sedwillful albeit during that time Ethiopia meant everything that wasn't north africa in Africa lol, but Ethiopia happened to fulfill an important part in the bible for Ethiopians, "Ethiopia shall soon stretch her hands unto God"
@@enenja_ale Aethiopia included North Africa; meaning the burnt faced..this included Libya and areas along the Nile and Jerusalem. I'm an adult, the use the whole "lol" when addressing me kid.
I'm so happy I found your channel. Thanks so much for all your work!
Thank you for stopping by, really appreciate it...stay safe!
Man, you do so much work for these vids, awesome drive man, honestly inspiring, thank you Cy!
Strength and honor.
Thank you my friend, strength and honor to you as well! Stay safe!
i have been searching axum since yesterday and today i saw this video. thank you so much! your research and narration is wonderful as always.
Thank you, glad that you found it useful! More to come soon, stay safe!
As always, I gave a thumbs up as soon as the video started. Once again, very glad I did. THANKS!
Thank so much, I really appreciate it! Glad you liked the video as well! More to come soon, but more importantly, stay safe out there!
Watching this while living few kilometers away from current day Axum City.
Keep it up bro. The Aksumite kingdom is so underrated (i mean it needs more attention)
Awesome stuff man. Really enjoyed it. Would love to pick your brains some time about these guys as I also have a video planned. Specifically I find the pre-christian stuff fascinating. Cheers!
Hey, thanks for stopping by! Sure, I'd love to help and will give you whatever resources I have. I'm planning on doing a supplementary podcast to this episode and for that, Hidden History is going to send me some more material. I'll pass along whatever I get as well as any other resources/books if you'd like. I think you're really going to enjoy making a vid or two about Aksum and/or other parts of east Africa. Hope all else is well on your side of the pond and stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy did u say rome translate and write our bible for aksum ?
Do you realize aksum spoke a language called saba or geez which is VERY similar to hebrew ? Both languages are semitic ... and originated from the same middle eastern roots
besides the axumites hv traded with middle easterners(jews+arabs) for CENTURIES OFC they do have some understanding with thier languages .. they dont need a white man from europe translating between two SEMITIC languages 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@HistorywithCy if chrstianity and jew and Islam originated in middle east
Both east Africa aksum and europe rome have same approximate to middleeast
Then why should a white guy from rome introduce aksumites about religion that stem from middleeast ? And even before rome was chrstian itself ? aksum was chrstian first so it makes no sense
Arabs tribes were jew n chrstian before they become islam
Saint Kaleb : “The Most Based Black Man In History”
Get rekked Himyarites
Can you send a link to that original video? I can't seem to find it anywhere.
@@user-vl5lt4xi2p watch?v=ye1HFp7cOW8&t=392s&ab_channel=Malthius at the 5 min point
A fellow Malthius enjoyer, I see
@@user-vl5lt4xi2p change your name
I loved the video! I didn't know about this empire. Thank you very much Cy!
Glad you liked it! Hope that all is well in Cordoba! Thanks for stopping by, stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy Yeah! We are all in quarantine so nobody on the streets hahaha. Take care man!
Thanks, you too!
People are really stepping up thier history game. As a kid in the 80s, it was exhausting having to explain being Ethiopian to my American friends/classmates/random annoying people on Holloween when my mom insisted I dress as an Ethiopan princess... yes we do celebrate Christmas, but not like you, a little different, a more ancient version, aha...no my grandmother didn't serve yours... we weren't even here, and so on. All that to say I've seen a lot of progress, it's almost like people are looking for accurate history now. Thanks content creator for your efforts.
You know that this history only belongs to the tigriyna people and kings of Ethopia only right?
king Kaleb of Axum Yes. It’s mostly northern Ethiopia (Tigray region) and Eritrea.
Jadon Mesfun yhh
@@Noirrdiorr no why are you even saying this so confidently 😂 tigrays and Eritreans just inhabit the place now but that doesnt make it your history
The prodigy they have inhabited Tigray and Eritrea for centuries and i have proof from google that tegarus found Axum kingdom we found Axum kingdom lol
I have a test on Aksum next week, thank you for this video!
I may research more about this once the test is over...this is interesting stuff.
Now its war the government Ethiopia is declar war on the people and there is genocide am from there tigray from axum its being 2 whole year since there is no food, water, no commutation, still going on
Good stuff. Concise and explained very well.
I learned about Aksum recently so I'm really glad to see this video.
Glad to hear it and thanks for stopping by, appreciate it... more African history to come soon, stay safe!
You should more it was one of the 4 most powerful kingdoms in the world like Roman, Greek,...
I visited the town of Aksum and you can see the stele and there's a nice little museum with some very old objects in it.
This rly helped w skl. I am literally suffering w the amount of work I have and its harder bc of online classes😭 thx so much for making this video its helped a lot.
Thank you for stopping by, glad that it was helpful! Stay safe!
Great to find out new stuff cy and hope you can find time for all the other stuff waiting in line😆😆😆.
Haha oh man the line is long... I'm going to have to jump around a bit. Don't worry though, I still have have a lot more on the ancient and medieval Near East planned! That will never stop even as I go into different parts of the world.
Thanks and stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy good to know that 😆😆😆.. sent you more stuff.. sorry for blocking your line.
Haha no worries...thanks!
@@HistorywithCy My last name is Exum here is some history
The name Exum originated in Axum, Ethiopia, and was carried to England by traders called Axumites, was shortened to Axum and was eventually transliterated into Exum. It is a historical rareness where whites got their name from Africa.
The first Exum indentured servants arrived in Jamestown, Virginia in 1666. They were eventually forced into slavery and most ended up with white slave owners with the same name.
My line, that has it's roots in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, in a round about way, descended from that group.
The rest is a muddled history. In my years of research and meeting Exums, I've notice a common resemblance among many us and some character traits. One thing I think might link us Exums by DNA is the prevalence of skin moles, especially on the face and neck.
For almost forty years now I've been writing a book about us, but every time I'm about to put down the last period to the last sentence something else comes up and I have to back up and rewrite.
One of my more notable relatives is Michael Jordan, whose mother is a descendent of my great uncle Charles, brother of Methuselah, my great grandfather. His brother Dan carried the name to California right after Emancipation. Another went to Texas, one to Tennessee, one to Ohio, and the youngest somewhere out west, maybe, Colorado.
Thx for covering bro
Thanks, glad you liked this! More to come, stay safe!
Wasn’t there a pre-Axumite kingdom called Da’amat in Ethiopia/Eritrea??
Not much is know about it though :(
Hi, thanks for stopping by. Yes, there was... usually spelled Dʿmt or Damot. At the moment I don't know much about it but I could dig further and perhaps do something short on that. Thanks for the suggestion...would be interesting!
@@HistorywithCy please do!
Yes and even an older Kingdom in Ethiopia called Yeha.
@@leronealijackson7458 yeha is the capital city of D'mt/Da'amat
@@HistorywithCy And the Gash group before it, who some believe are the famous puntites!
I'm Eritrean :) i'm so sad that very few people know about Aksum
I understand your frustration. On the other hand very few people (academics excluded) have a basic understanding of the Eastern Roman Empire.
I know about them they were many immigrants from ancient persia came from Eritrea and Ethiopia they are still exist in iran as zarastorian.
If you are eritrean it is not belongs to u this history. Just throw this name to greece. We r agazian our land must get its proper name the land of agazi saba or bahri negash. Because the history of the aksum only belongs to tigrinja speaker and tigre speaker
What's worse is people don't know the truth about Axum.
@@kakamhari1433 tigrinya is an eritrean language
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Damn, I like it. To me it sounds like the best tracks from the last Assassin's Creed games. I was looking for a long time for the genre(s) with similar sound and on Epidemic Sound it's named as ”Adventure“, Qobuz names it as ”World“.
I hope I've helped you since you're reading this🙃
By the way, to identify tracks I've used Ultimate Vocal Remover GUI to remove the voice and Shazamed the result.
It wasn't able to find the first track. but it's similar to Tambores Africanos - Tambores Ancestrais
Very interesting thank you
Glad you liked it, thank you for stopping by and stay safe!
i never knew as a yemeni about my history like this but this is amazing 🇾🇪
Black Yemeni are amhara ethiniccaly
Aksum is not Yemen. Stop stealing Black African's history. In ancient times,from the Middle East till Asia were all part of African !
@@samabeka3023 yemen was a part of the Aksumite empire. It is Yemen history and Ethiopian history
@@samabeka3023 ..aksum are not pure black History .
They are ppl who mix between south Yémen ppl with native African that résult in formation of aksum.
@@alemumolla7350 No Amhara didn't exist during Axum it's a new ethnic group
This help with my homework :) thank you
Glad to hear, good luck with school and stay safe!
this was good!!
So proud of my ancestors history as a person family who’s from Djibouti 🇩🇯 ❤️
😂 you are not habesha aksumite use to sell you
@@eyassuhabtamulmao exactly I don’t get these other Horner trying to claim Aksum lol only afar were incudled that were not habesha
@@eyassuhabtamuaxumites never had somalis or somalia other way around buddy 😂
@@eyassuhabtamuEthiopian were sold into slavery by ottoman that how gannibal got to Russia stop worrying about something you had no part in accomplishing that why everyone laughs at you killing each other over crumbs of bread 1 million Ethiopians died in the civil war
@@bliztty5215afar and beja the most ethnically related people to somalis
As usual another informative excellent video of a civilization never heard of
Thank you, I really appreciate it! Stay safe!
Unlike Islam
@@rickyyacine4818 .what ?
Merci beaucoup በጣም አመስግናለሁ::
I'd really like to see a movie or TV series about the Kingdom of Aksum. It's probably tricky thought since there's not much info on how exactly the buildings looked like, what people dressed, what were their activities etc
Good Work Cy. I never saw that Map
He always has awesome visuals!
Thank you, glad you liked it! The maps I create in Photoshop based off the actual ones that I find in books or online...the basic animations are done in Adobe Premiere.
Thanks again for stopping by and stay safe!
@Blue Is Thank you, glad you like them!
@@HistorywithCy Yup! They're original and clear to see! Plus, you leave them up enough time to look!
I've actually heard about Aksum before, however it was in a fictional setting. The scifi author Eric Flint did an alternate history series about the Byzantine general Belisarius and the Aksumite empire appears as a regional power and seagoing empire in the books, thanks for the further info.
They where the dominant force in the Red Sea until the rise of the chaliphate.They conducted wars of proxy with the Persians for the control of the Arabian Peninsula.
Nice video
From Yemen 🇾🇪
I just heard about this Aksum Empire from the talk given by Lloyd de Jongh on the Holy Humanist CZcams channel.
Thank you. But it would be nice if you mentioned about the history of Najashi we call him Nigus Armah. Not only about Nigus Ezana and Nigus Kaleb, but there is a written history of Nigus Armah too but this time in Islamic history too. Even Aisha(the wife of prophet Muhammed) narrated about his history since his childhood. Better to include his history if you make a new video about Ethiopian history next time as he is a part of our history too. I love your videos by the way i watched a lot of your videos
Not only Etiopien history, Eritrea history aswell
I just visited Axum, its so beautiful and I feel I travel back to time, it still look ancient city
Hey Cy! Just shooting through - had to stop in and say, 'hi'! What a nice comment from Hard Truth! Eh?!! You always get the best comments though! Stay well 🍀 friend! Jen 😁👏
Haha I get the best comments because I have the best viewers! Thank you so much for stopping by, I pray that you, your family and loved ones are doing well during this unprecedented time. Stay safe my friend!
@@HistorywithCy Smh... you are seriously one briilliant and kind man Cy! Thank you for your well wishes! We're holding down the fort! ; )
Brother very nice video
Thanks so much baradar, I really appreciate it! Lots of Persian/Achaemenid/Parthian/Sassanian/Iranian history coming soon!
Stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy
God bless you bro
Grate. But there is an error on 5:09 where the illustration describes Frumentius and King Ezana. However, that illustration is for St.Yared and King Gabra Maska. There is a story behind the spear on his leg.
Great work!
Now the people will finally learn what the "long stick" really was. :)
Thank you, stay safe out there!
Can you explain what do you mean by long stick
@Aghiles Hemdani In a viral video from around 5 years ago, "History of the entire world, I guess" by Bill Wurtz, Aksum is very briefly mentioned as building "a long stick", which is a reference to the Obelisk.
Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!
Great one, but there should have been more info about queen Yoddit /Guddit /
Yeah this was a shorter video, there is so much more that I could have put in but couldn't due to time. Maybe I'll do a podcast on it one day. Thanks though for stopping by, really appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!
"Axum was getting very powerful, so they would like to build a long stick".
The only video i have seen using correct maps for the Aksumite kingdom.🙌🏼
This is not correct the aksumite kingdom extended to all the arabian peninsula most part of sudan near the border with kemet and northern somalia this is the correct
@@kakamhari1433 nope bro the Arabian Peninsula part is just south Yemen for a short period of time and they were kicked out by Persians. Thats not how to claim lands. Somalia too was once close to Adisababa, that doesnt mean till Addis it belonged to Somalia. Aksumite kingdom was too small and even never reached South Parts of current Ethiopia. Infact after the 19 hundreds was the Time that this expansion movement began and thus capturing twice of their size🤷🏽♂️
Just see this not only the arabian peninsula but almost the entire somalia sudan and halve kemet were ours. You can come with the evidence then we will show you ours. We v all written evidence not like u orall evidence. Every thing is well recorded. Can you tell ne the meaning of berbera, kebri dahar, mokadisho this is typical evidnce because this is names belong to us. The meaning of it only explained by us. We v more than enough artifacts that proves this in somalia
@@kakamhari1433 😂😂😂 am not coming with oral stuff but u ar, just google it urself, the west has maps from all borders in all around the world. Aksum was just current Eritrea and northernmost parts of current Ethiopia🤷🏽♂️ the Ethiopia u now know was formed just after WW2 and the expansion was in between the two World Wars✅ learn ur history please😉
@@hasanitto this is totaly wrong. Aksum. You can never ever able to tell us about the aksumite(sabean) people and their empire. The aksumite empire were very very huge. If you blieve the lie has been fabricated the arabs and their masters in the west you just keep qiute. Aksumite empire extended from all the arabian peninsula, northern sudan up to the border with kemet, somalia, djoubuti the socatra all this were our histirical lands but controlled now by the arabs or others. Djoubuti and zeila, berbera somaliland, puntlands and others were given to french and british colonies by emperor minelik. But it were our lands
The last ruler before the Communist regime was Haile Selassie, who claimed decent from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. He was a strong advocate for one man one vote and in Ethiopia he was the one man with the one vote. The calendar stopped whenever he left the country, which would be hell for a Windows computer. But there weren't any. The U.S. Army had a base there but left when the leftists took over.
Good job 👏 🙏❤👑
Thank you, really appreciate it! Stay safe!
Good thanks
This was AMAZING!!
Now I am really looking forward to a video about the Yoruba people.
Did you know that a single bronze artifact from this culture almost managed to destroy the scientific and racist bias of the europeans during the colonisation era???
This is just amazing
Hi! No, I didn't know that... I'll definitely have to look into that. I still consider myself a novice when it comes to African history, but my interest in it is growing every day... keep reading these books I manage to get from the library before it closed.
How are you doing my friend? I hope things are getting better in your area...I know it's been hit hard. Everything OK with the family? Godspeed that things get better soon... stay safe my friend!
@@HistorywithCy
Thank you.
My father is stuck in another city, unfortunately.
But thanks goodness, he is safe.
He is stationed in an hotel alongside other coworkers.
We are receaving masks directly from the governament.
They are not great, but it's better than having none, I guess.
The Pope made a sermon yesterday
It was nice of him, I suppose.
He blessed the nations of the world, and stated that this benediction is not limited to christians only, but to everyone who is suffering.
I do not like how the other European nations are treating us.
Even our politicians openly expressed anger on the whole european situation.
Our governament is also giving money back to the cities around the country, so that it is given to the families in need.
But to be completely blunt.
It's not enough.
It's like, 34€ or something for family, it's useless.
My family is fine.
But I know of others who are pretty much screwed.
Some people even begun to rob markets to get food.
But at least I have hope for our doctors.
They are very good, and they are giving their best to help
The same goes for our policemen, they are trying to keep tresspassers at bay as much as they can.
The governament also gave money to the workers who left their jobs.
Wich is good.
But they like, gave the same ammount of money bolph to those who worked legaly and those who worked illegaly.
And that is not fair
I am not against giving money to those who worked illegaly.
But those who worked legaly deserve more, by default.
I mean.
Comeone...
You can't reward those who worked hard and payed their taxes, in the same way as those who are literal tax evaders.
It's dumb.
And some politicians are actualy starting to fear a revolt of the people.
That's right.
A REVOLT
That is how bad their decisions were.
Thank goodness, the leader of my region is a competent man and is working hard to fix the situation.
But it all depends on the citizens.
They are the ones who need to think about their neighbours and keep themselves at bay.
In times like these we should think about others, and be less selfcentered.
I have heard of people stealing mask supplies from others.
And that is just wrong.
Again
I hope that, werever you live, the situation will never get this bad.
I hope you are fine, your family is fine, and everyone you know is fine
Sorry if the comment is long.
@@HistorywithCy
Also.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Head_from_Ife
Here.
In case you are interested.
I am sorry about your books.
But you know.
The internet can still give a hand sometimes.
Yeah I understand... here in the US it also depends on the area. Right now New York City is the worst hit - about 40% of all cases in the US are in the NYC metropolitan area. Other areas are catching up... New Orleans per capita may be even worse in a few weeks - it seems to have spread a lot there after their annual Mardi gras celebration. Oh course the numbers are going up now because we've just started to get more testing kits, though it's still not enough. The good news is that the president here is finally starting to take this whole thing seriously. The bad news of course is that his response is a bit late and he probably could and should have done more a couple of weeks ago.
Stay safe my friend! It'll all get better... I know it's bad in Italy but hopefully the worst of it will be over soon. God bless!
@@HistorywithCy
Thank you man.
I hope the best for America and you too.
I try to look at the positives.
Venice waters are cleaner than ever.
And our seas will replenish now that fishing is practicaly impossible.
This is good.
And animals in the wild are replenishing now that humans are not interacting with them
It's unfortunate that these positive changes had to come only thanks to a deadly desease...
But you know.
The country will look better than ever afterwards.
Long Live Orthodoxy ☦️
Good job 👍👍
Thank you, I really appreciate it...stay safe!
awesome
Great video man. Shedding the light on some important civilizations that arent that know today. I just have a question of the origins of Aksum.
"Aksum was previously thought to have been founded by the Sabaeans, who spoke a language from the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family." So basically the came from southern Yemen whom they invaded later. is it true?
Hi, thanks for stopping by and your question. Yeah, I had read something like that, and the early history is murky, but from what understand is that it wasn't Aksum that was founded by Sabeans as much as there was a great Sabean influence in that region. There have been inscriptions in Sabean found in both modern Ethiopia and Eritrea, which were both part of the Aksumite empire, so the influence was definitely there. The relationship with Yemen and the western Arabian coast though was close since the two had been trading with each other for centuries. That's at least what I gather from my studies on the subject. Hope that this helps and if there's anything else that I can do, please let me know. Also, if there's anyone reading this who's really knowledgeable on the subject, please feel free to comment.
Thanks and stay safe!
How come saba was the 42nd queen of axum from the beginning of dimt
@@zalatanibra3319 Yemen Sheba is much older than aksum
@@beanb6914 you do realize aksumite history goes back to about 3000 bc right? So I don't think Sabean history is older
That was a Eurocentric fallacy which was thrown out years ago due to historical evidence which clearly shows it was an extension of previous civilisations
Heathens eternally btfo by legendary based black man.
you`re a man of culture i see
Im so so sorry but its not a African man/black man but its austronesian
Ethiopians are black , Yemeni , Jew and some east Asia's tribe mix peoples
@@placeholder9724 Ethiopia take over Yemeni until the There were so many strong Arab kingdoms and they attacked Yemen and take over Yemen and the peoples in north Ethiopia , Egypt , Yemen and North Sudan used to have almost the same but the ones in Ethiopia have darker skin and a little lighter skin peoples and Ethiopia means dark skin peoples because when the Greeks first goes to Africa Ethiopians were the first peoples they found and they have the same face Structure as Yemen peoples but dark skin and most Ethiopian peoples do A genetic test and most of them have a 30% to 15 % Yemeni and If you seen an Ethiopian person from the north Ethiopia they didn't look Quite same as a black person and there was also a DNA proof that the the man looks just like an Ethiopian person You understand what I'm saying if you know what Ethiopians looks like and there was also a proof those peoples speaks Guez and write in Guez aka old Ethiopian language and most peoples can steel speak it but peoples slowly stop speaking Guez 152 yeas ago but Guez and Amharic used the same letters and sounds and the remains found in Aksum shows that the peoples were Ethiopians (Abisinian)
Awesome
thank you, glad you liked it...stay safe!
I am ishan again!! I want to hear video about sub Saharan Africa and civilizations like lydia and other anatolian civilizations plus the Greeks and macedonians.
ALSO DO SEVERAL VIDEOS ON ANCIENT ARABIA. THAT WILL BE OF GREAT SERVICE !
Yeah, I have plans to do Saba and Himyar. Stay tuned and thanks for the suggestions!
@@HistorywithCy ancient saudi arabia too
@@yaruqadishi8326 ..Saudi IS modern name of familiy who give their name to this territory ..no such thing as Saudi in ancien.. history..
@@aghileshemdani3144 doesn't matter I still use it there was no such thing as Israel in ancient times to or even in medieval that's name of Jewish there was no Iraq but we still say Iraq with babylon and Assyria.
@@aghileshemdani3144 Hejazi and Himyar and others are Saudi ancient Yemen so there buddy. I say turkey in same with Anatolia because I need to use conventional language to convey a point.
The inscription of Abraha is the best witness to the fact that the Kingdom of Aksum is an extension of the kingdom of Dammat, and its kings are among the Jezzis
Do you know the meaning of daemot(dammat)? First understand the meaning before u talk much. Dammat litterarly means beyond. This representes to the kingdom ruled under aksumite empire beyond the red sea on the present day arabian peninsula.
Your lying. D'mt happened before Ageazan and then Axum. I know your not Tigrayan or Eritrea (present day Axum)@@kakamhari1433
This information was influational
Thank u ☺️
🌿🥀 🇪🇷 🙏 🇻🇳 ✔️ The proud history of both ERITREANS & TEGARU and the ENVY of the AMHARAS ✔️🇻🇳 🙏 🇪🇷 🥀🌿
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Medieval historian: Now where is Prester John in all this?
Prester John was the Christian Ethiopian Emperor ruler of a Island of Christianity in a sea of Islam
@@leronealijackson7458 He "ruled" in the pist-Aksum era.
First he ruled in the Malabar Coast in India, then he migrated all the way to the Ethiopian Highlands to become Emperor of Ethiopia.... makes sense.
@@wildfire9280 how does that make sense
@@wildfire9280 the crusaders found him in Ethiopia
good video
Great 👍
Thank you 👍
Ge’ez is pronounced like guh-uhz. The ‘e’ is a neutral vowel.
Thank you, I appreciate the explanation of the correct pronunciation. I looked it up on another video and tried to sound it out correctly but suppose it didn't sound exactly right. I'll do my best to correct it in future.
Thanks and stay safe!
That's correct Eric!!!
Not necessarily in my dialect of tigrinya spoken in the tigray and Eritrea it is pronounced ge'ez and that's where the empire head was
@@bobted6266 yeah but that doesn't make it your empire
The prodigy... GE'EZ does belong to TIGRIGNA and TIGRE speaking people. It's not related to AGEW what's so ever.
Awesome, as usual. Didn't these folks sculpt churches out of solid bedrock, like they did in the Ellora Caves in India? Could be wrong on this. Poor Yemen - war, war, and more war.
Yes, you're correct, there are several such churches in an Ethiopian town called Lalibela, but I believe they were built by a later dynasty than that of Aksum, probably in 12th or 13th century. And yes, the people of Yemen can't seem to a break...history repeating itself constantly.
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we need a movie about this .
Than you!
You're welcome!
I believe they controlled the frankincinse trade at one time.
Truly, the most legendary of all based black guys.
Google more about andromeda, helen of troy memnon ,Saba you will be more impressed
And Nubians
Seems a very interesting nation.. it could be present in some civilization game
Hi, thanks so much for stopping by, really appreciate it! I think it is one of the factions you can play in Total War 2 if I'm not mistaken (I myself haven't played the game but I say something about it online). Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it. Stay safe!
Could you please make videos the history of king bazen he used to be Axumite empire but could find it history. I am looking forward from you thanks
For me as an Eritrean, Axum is a proud feature of our history. However, the acceptance of this religion and the hellenised rulers, where the lingua franca was Greek doesn't present a proud African nation.
Ethiopian history is so cool. Merci beaucoup! Vive l'Éthiopie!
I knew I would see u agin :)
(srry if I spelled agin wrong) :`)
How is it that there are over 2000 languages in the continent of Africa I tried learning the history it’s intimidating there were to many different groups and events that it was hard keeping up and not knowing the importance of each kingdom would be difficult they need to ask people in Africa the older generations are only going to be around for so long why wouldn’t they ask important questions like who was known for what not all conquerors were the most important or significant and we focus to much on who the winners were we need to focus on who was completely destroyed or wiped out there memory won’t last forever .
New history says they were one of the most powerful empires ever. The wheel is said to come from them as was stringed instruments, mathematics and the beginnings of astronomy. They had reknowned cartographers and the equivalent of today's universities. Their dye makers were master's of vibrant color.
Yeah, it was said that along with Rome, Persia and China, Aksum was one of the four most powerful states in early antiquity.
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LOL. EGYPTIAN are the oldest and first empire in entire Africa. They existed before Aksum. The land of Punt now Somaliland existed before Aksum
Astronomers, Maths everything you mentioned was in Egyptian empire never been in Aksum. Its in bible torati and qur'an
@A's notes Will research that, just never heard of it. So who else used those mathematical say that Ethiopian came up with? Where is it mentioned? Im curious to know more about.
@A's notes History shows Ancient Greek were the first to invent anstronimy during 4th century. What year did Ethiopia found their astronomy
I still hate the way people give all the credit to ethiopia despite the tigringa tribe in eritrea are some of the direct decendants of the axumite, despite adulis the main port is in eritrea and many other small towns of axumite empire are in Eritrea, like matara and Kahaito. Even when it comes to the original language of axumite which is geez, tigre and tigringa in eritrea are almost identical to geez.
Because they hate our beloved president
No matter what you call yourselves, you are African first!! remember that, because the vast majority of tribes in ethiopia, Eritrea ect. Understood this and for centuries we're able to propel attempts of colonization,keep your tribal tradition, always unite to remain free.
@@seesee2132 so tell me the difference between the tigringa in ethiopia and eritrea. If axum was in afar ethiopia, so afar eritreans wouldn't claim it or?
@@delgadojonesable That's a very American way of looking at things.
Amhara uses geez and ancient monasteries from the time near lake tana are found in ethiopia
I wonder why was this never in the computer game: age of empires. It would have been one of the greatest games ever.
Wheof the Axumite empire is now in independentn the Italians invaded Abyssinia(aka Ethiopia) in 1936 they took one of the Axumite obelisks to Rome -in the same way the ancient Romans had taken Egyptian obelisks to the cities of Rome and Constantinople.The Axumite obelisk was erected next to the Termini main railway station in Rome but I believe the Italians have now returned it (in segments) to Ethiopia as a gesture of good will.Not quite sure where the site has ended up now as I think the centre of Axum is now in Eritrea.
Because our Eritrean ansestors made it. Tigray and Eritrean were the same ppl at the time that’s why our culture is the same. Axum king was Tigrinya.
Nah there is a place called axum in ethiopia thats where it was taken from and it's standing there along with other oblisks and they didn't return it as a gesture of good will they were forced to because a lighting hit the oblisk and damaged it forcing them to return it because they weren't capable of protecting it like they claimed they would
@@enrico7474 yes read book of axum
My ancestors!
Axum king dam it the best city and it has for long time history
nice
Molto interesante, non sapevo molto su quella antica civilta. Grazie tante per bellissimo.video con i reperti archeologici e belle immagini.
GRANDE!
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Axum good but more ancient ethiopia like Dm't earlier.
I'll look into Dm't ...thank you!
Don't forget about ይሐ (Yeha) it was a older civilization in Ethiopia like the Pre-Axumite kingdom of D'mt too!!!!!!
@@HistorywithCy It's D'mt not Dm't okay.
Lerone Jackson bro u need to do ur research Axum kingdom was ruled by both north ethopia and Eritrea
i know you fnyfy what are you talking about bro this is only tigriyna history all the kings of Axum were born in Tigray or Eritrea
The more I learn about it, the more I realize African history is really cool. It's a shame they didn't teach us more about it when I was in school. It's a shame, however, that traitors to their people's Gods are remembered as "heroes" and "reformers". I would love to know more about the Polytheistic religion of Aksum.
Hi, thanks for stopping by! Yeah, African history is really interesting... I'm learning more about it as we speak. I think I'll do a podcast going further into Askum's history and as I do, I'll try to see what more I can find with regard to their pre-Christian religion.
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Well.
The religions of Africa still stand strong.
Bolph in the shamanistic faiths of the rural lands of the continent, and also thanks to more organised religions like the beliefs of the Yoruba people.
There are also african intellectuals who are openly against the missionaries who are still coming to convert the small comunities, since that would cause the destruction of local cultures and traditions, since they are mostly oral traditions.
Now that their belief sistems evolved into coesive powers, they have a stronger chance to fight back and resist.
We, or should i say, my ancestors used to worship a god called almuqah before christianity.
I don’t think king Ezana is a traitor because he accepted Christianity. It was being preached in Europe and Asia as well. I guess you would call the roman emperors traitors too because the abandoned their gods. I believed they just liked the message and converted.
@@adiamghirmai1529 He is not and will never be a traitor for merely converting into christianity. But if we look at history from a non-baise perspective the religion that the Axumite and Sabeans worshiped was more savage than christianity. Ezana before christianity was rightfully cruel in his punishments to the vanquished nations. He sold them as slaves and destroyed their nation. Ezana after accepting christianity became very soft, he suddenly started caring about the well being of his enemies.
But then again i am also a christian son of a christian, i can't judge him.
Can you please reply to my doubt... why dont we have much info about ancient Aksum as we have of ancient Egypt?
Good question...my opinion is that there is more written history available on ancient Egypt, both from the Egyptians themselves and in Greek and Roman sources... both of those peoples ruled over Egypt for centuries so their histories are somewhat intertwined. That's just my opinion. Thanks so much for stopping by and stay safe!
Oh okay! Thank u very much! Really enjoyed learning this!
Plenty of this history was written and stored at the library of Alexandra in Egypt. The people of Axum and Egypt were family.
coins in british museum show king ezana baptised by st frumentius was first king to add Cross to coins he minted/4/00/where is ezana stone written in greek/sabean and geez/is there museum in aksum?please make video of route from axum church to meroe /acts 8/27/kandake amantore/1/25
Your viewers might be interested in knowing that based on my research, much of the Korean vocabulary is based on Akkadian, Ge'ez, Tigrinya and Hebrew along with some words from Gafat. Even the letters of the Korean alphabetic system created in the mid 15th century by King Sejong are probably derived from early Hebrew along with the Sabean script of Ge'ez, based on my own independent research. The first European to give an account of the Korean language, Joseph Hager, noted how the syllabaries of Korean are the same as those found in "Aksumite" and Amharic; yet this topic has been so understudied. Yet, we know that languages such as Tamil and other Dravidian languages have probably been heavily influenced by Ge'ez; and it is also a fact that several important published papers have shown similarities between Dravidian languages and Korean, although it has traditionally been believed that Korean has primarily been influenced by Turkic and Tungusic languages - yet, I believe that Turkic languages have also been influenced heavily by the same Akkadian, Hebrew, and Ge'ez languages, especially as we know from the Bible that the Messianic Jewish communities mentioned in Revelation (for instance Smyrna, where Polycarp was overseer) were residing in western part of modern day Turkey, which was then called "Asia".
Speaking of "Asia", it was the Aksumites who coined the name "Hatsia" which means "rulers/kings", because they sent many of their Judaic royalty to parts of Asia. Apparently, when the leaders of Aksum saw how Rome was oppressing and seeking to eradicate Jewish religion in Palestine, they decided to start empires in Southern India, where the ancestors of the Dravidian people such as Tamil-speakers lived - as well as the kingdom of Goguryo. Yes, this is one of those things that almost no history book will mention, but based on my own research, it is very likely that the founders of Goguryo were from Aksum, especially because "Goguryo" is a very frequently used phrase even today among speakers of Tigrinya, who are the heirs of the Aksumite heritage and the ones whose ancestors spoke Ge'ez. "Goguryo" means "Dig it up" or "Look it up"; and it appears to be meant to promote an ethic and governance system based on examination of the scriptures. The name of kingdom that would come to succeed Goguryo, Balhae, is probably derived from the Ge'ez word meaning "enlightened", which is Berhe.
There are also many cultural similarities between Tigrayan and traditional Korean culture, many of which persist to this day. Traditionally, the commoners nearly always wore white clothing. The traditional musical styles, are very similar. The mannerisms, standards of respect, bowing culture, and many customs are very similar.
I believe even Dangun, who is said to be the founder of ancient Korea, probably had a Danite mother, since Greek "gune" means "wife". During the Assyrian invasions of the 8th century, many of the Danites, along with members of the tribes of Asher, Naphtali, and Gad migrated to what is now Ethiopia, where they joined the descendants of Moses, Levites and those of the tribe of Judah who had already migrated there. I believe there will eventually be found lots of links with the tribes of Levi and Dan in particular in Korean history upon thorough examination.
Another interesting factor is that if one views the official map produced in 1402 called Gangnido, it is rather obvious that Lake Tana is drawn disproportionately large while the rest of the continent of Africa pales in comparison. For me, this confirms my belief that many of those who migrated to Korea had come from the region where they spoke Ge'ez, Hebrew, Tigrinya and Gafat, all of which were spoken in ancient Aksum.
Some correction there , Asher ,Gad and Judah is scattered, some are on the continent and some were taken as slaves in the Americas ,Napthali is in South Africa every body forgot we are the people of the bible
That’s such an interesting theory
Even though you v raised many issues it seems some of it may be correct. Because we when we look deeply in to the culture and local tradition and plays we the tigrinja speaker v much similarity with chinees, korean and japanees. Our character is much similar with korean and japanes. Regarding the alphabet our alphabet is also the source of the latine,hebrew, aramaic and arabic. This has a historical facts. The present day arabian peninsula(hager) were our land before the arabs came and conquere it. The arabic it self were taken more than 85% of its words from us tigrinja(sabean). The whole quran is totaly tigrinja starting from the name mahammed, mesjid, sharia almost all the words are ours. How they get this religion has a historical reason. This fact is the same with hebrew and aramaic.
@@isiomaamma9869 your comments do not constitute a "correction" based on the writings of El-Hadani, which testifies that SOME from these tribes settled in the lands beyond the rivers of Cush. That is why I indicated that it was SOME from these tribes. I agree that SOME of these tribes migrated or settled elsewhere in the world, especially the Danites who appear to have gone to many parts of the globe.
I am Tigrayan and have done some amateur research on early Ethiopia/Axum/D'mt. There needs to be more study into the early Jewish/Semitic trading communities along the red sea. Axum was likely founded as a trading city linked to the port of Massawa by semitic speaking Jews that by that point would have been fairly integrated on both sides of the red sea.
my knowledge of anything ethiopian is shamefully bare but im trying to change that and Aksum is a good start i think. you never hear a word of anything ethiopia in the US especially not states like Aksum
That’s because Axum is modern-day Tigray and Eritrea.
Amen
Eurocentric historians forget that the Achaemenid empire had trade routes with Aksum
Until today eritrean sons get named after ezana and calab
Justinian called upon a legendary based black man called King Kaleb of Axum.
We Wuz Kangz
What about United kingdom civilization gold coin and received Christianity history?
i am happy by aksum and adulis empire but i am very sad now because that place is still in war .
We have been using geeze .
Also one of pictures in your this video is from Nubian Christian Kingdom's Nubia after the Fall of Last Pharaoh's of Kush Nubia 25th Dynasty's there Arose Three Nubian Christian Kingdom's Nubia Sudan they Were Also Nubian Christian Bishop But yeah one of the pictures is from there Nubia Kush Christian Kingdom it's comens sense Aksumite Aksum also had a War With Nubia Kush and Destroy Nubia Kush this could have been how Aksum become Christian okay Great Video I think they need to study this more
Ah ok... I think that's one of the images that I couldn't find the caption or date for. Thanks so much, I really appreciate you telling me this...it helps me to make these better in the future. Stay safe!
Where did you Hurd this history? Do you know about Ethiopian people and Sudan people? First you have to know about this people history read more I can give you tips. By the way am Ethiopian
Actually from the end of the 3rd century AD the kings of Himyar took control of the whole ancient Yemen as shown by their title that became "King of Saba, Dhu Raydan [land of Himyar], Hadramaout (eastern Yemen), and Yamnat". During the 5th century they even added "and the Arabs of Thaoud [today's Najd] and Tihamah", showing that Himyar controlled even central Arabia and the Red Sea shore. So when Kaleb invaded the land of Himyar he took control of this vast land. There are even some inscriptions in today's Saudi Arabia written by Abraha telling he submitted most tribes of Arabia until Iraq
And than abraha lost to the Arabs we kicked them out
@i o exactly I don’t know why they don’t show the part where dhu nuwas beat the axumites three times before the won we beat Axum three times and secured our bab al mandab before they called there boyfriend rome
@i o and even after that we kciked them out and and occupied there highlands why do you think habeshas got lightskin Arab in them
@i o where did I claim all Arabia doofus
@@salyoutube7023 first of all he(abraha) wasn't under axum he was a rebel and kaleb literally told him he is going to kill him the moment he gets his hands on him
second he didn't lose a single war ,according to the quran he was punished by God and some say he and his whole army died because of a plague when he was going to mecca ,only a few arabs tried to stop him and they were defeated easily the rest of the population of mecca fled to the mountains they were simply no match to him
Third Ethiopia has never been fully conquered in history especially not by the arabs they are light skinned because they are descendants of pre-arab semites who mixed with hamites of the horn.
fourth dhu nawas lost in a single all out battle committed suicide after that plus probably Axum hated Rome , they went as far as conquering southern Egypt to stop them from stretching south to try to control the red sea in the other hand abraha was a fan of Rome and they loved him too but remember he didn't conquer yemen he just took over after axum conquered it he is no more than a rebel
Like what happened to the kingdom of kush?
You put Yekuno Amlak 18th century, however he served around 1270