From Nubia to Axum

Africa's civilizations are one of the oldest civilizations. The Nubians, along the south of the Nile Valley is almost as old as Egypt itself. They had many encounters with Egypt including trade, borrowing, and warfare. Nubia thrived as a separate civilization with Meroë as its main city. It seems compared to Egypt, women had more power/recognition in the government. They were equal to their male counterparts.

Most of Nubia's wealth and military power comes from their extensive trade connections/routes. They had many valued trading items including: iron weapons, cotton cloth, gold, ivory, tortoise shells, and ostrich feathers. It also relied highly on its very productive agriculture.

Unfortunately, Nubia was conquered by Axum and Christianity took over. As Axum rose to power&Meroë fell, taxes on trading made lots of money for the Axumite state. Axum introduced Christianity in the 4th century by King Ezana around the same time  the Roman Empire did under Constantine's rule. Egypt mainly supported the Islamic religion, however Christianity dominated Ethiopia. I find this kind of funny that even though their civilization's adopted religion is Christianity that most of its people practice the Islamic religion. I wonder if this cause much conflict between the higher powers and their people.