From the seventh to eighth century onwards, the Aksumite Kingdom fell in decline due to a combination of mutually reinforcing factors. Civil wars threatened Aksumite power in the Horn of Africa. In ...

The Ethiopian city of Aksum was inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1980. Its cultural property encompasses the ancient Aksum town, which houses hundreds of stelae (granite monoliths), ...

The Abyssinians is set in the 5th Century in the Aksumite Empire, also known as the Kingdom of Aksum. Aksum was a wealthy and influential monarchy that at its height spanned what is now northern ...