Learn about the kingdom of Kush achievements and relocation to Meroe. Explore the government system, economy, innovations, and accomplishments of...
The Meroitic period, the later phase of rule by theKushite kings, is named after the royal burial ground at Meroe. In the third century B.C.E. the royal cemetery was moved there from Napata, though Meroe had long been one of the major centers of the Kushite state. This move broadly c...
Aksum flourished until the 6th century AD, maintaining its trade connections and a high literacy rate, minting its own coins, and building monumental architecture. With the rise of theIslamic civilizationin the 7th century AD, theArabic worldredrew the map of Asia and excluded the Axumite civili...