Section 3 Flashcards
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Axum
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trading center, and powerful ancient kingdom in northern present-day Ethiopia.
2
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Adulis
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strategic trading port of the kingdom of Axum.
3
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Ethiopia
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ancient Greek term for Axumite kingdom; present-day country in East Africa.
4
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King Lalibela
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came to power in 1200s, directed 11 remarkable churches to built from ground level down.
5
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Swahili (1000s)
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East African culture, in Arabic it means “of the coast” a Bantu based language.
6
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Great Zimbabwe
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powerful East African medieval trade center and city-state.