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East African Civilization, trade brought distant peoples together. The…
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trade brought distant peoples together. The contact between cultures created unique societies along the East African coast
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the area along the Nile south of the Egyptian empire was called Nubia. This civilization was known as kush (also called Kerma). The people of Kush tapped into the trade routes of the Red Sea and the Nile River.
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Greco-Roman trading settlements dotted the region.
They introduced Axum to a type of christianity from the eastern shores of the mediterranean. Before long, Christian churches began to appear alongside the stelae along the coast of east Africa.
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Ethiopia, a christian kingdom
Early civilizations often formed near rivers or larger bodies of water.
The east African civilization were no different.
Over the years, Egypt lost its hold over Kush. By the 1000s B.C. Kushite kings again ruled.
In the year A.D. 325, Ezana of Axum took over Kush. A kind of grand stone pillar, called a stele, marked each grave of Axum's rulers. Beneath the stele lay royal burial tombs and chambers.
Christianity grew significantly after 340. Monks continued to establish christianity throughout the kingdom.
Axum slowly began to weaken in yeh 600s due to economic problems. eventually a new dynasty, called the Zagwe, emerged in what is now Ethiopia.
The peoples of East Africa, the Mediterranean, and Indian traded with each other as early as A.D.100. Traders sailed to western India for cotton cloth, grain, oil, sugar, and ghee
Over Time a new culture, Swahili, formed in trading towns along the coast of East Africa. this African culture was primarily Muslim.
By the 1000s, Swahili settlements ha grown into city-state , called stonetown. Stonetowns were named for the multistoried stone house built ther.