Kingdom of Aksum

<p>The Aksum kingdom was a wealthy African civilisation and a major empire of the ancient world, thriving for centuries as a prosperous society and a spiritual home for the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. During the kingdom’s peak power, it conquered southern Arabia. This episode sees us discuss the empire's rich history, and how amazing it is that a lot of Aksum's artefacts can be found in Ethiopia, not exclusively in the British Museum....</p> <p>Follow us on IG: itsacontinentpod and Twitter: itsacontinent. Pre-order It's a Continent (2022) on <a href="http://itsacontinent.com/book"><u>itsacontinent.com/book</u></a> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Its-Continent-Unravelling-Africas-history/dp/1529376785/">&nbsp;</a></p> <p>We're on Buy me a Coffee too:<a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/itsacontinent"> <strong>https://www.buymeacoffee.com/itsacontinent</strong></a></p> <p>Visit our website:<a href="https://itsacontinent.com/"> <strong>itsacontinent.com</strong></a></p> <p>Hosts: Chinny: Twitter/IG: chindomiee</p> <p>Astrid: IG: astrid_mbx</p> <p>Artwork by Margo Designs:<a href="https://margosdesigns.myportfolio.com/"> <strong>https://margosdesigns.myportfolio.com</strong></a></p> <p>Music provided by Free Vibes:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?redir_token=hkqGH4Lu_PwMlfLRdEnfPX7UYQR8MTU4MzA4NjYzNkAxNTgzMDAwMjM2&amp;v=3C8GXr44boM&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fgoo.gl%2FNkGhTg&amp;event=video_description"><strong> https://goo.gl/NkGhTg</strong></a></p> <p>Warm Nights by Lakey Inspired:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?redir_token=hkqGH4Lu_PwMlfLRdEnfPX7UYQR8MTU4MzA4NjYzNkAxNTgzMDAwMjM2&amp;v=3C8GXr44boM&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Flakeyinspired%2Fwarm-nights&amp;event=video_description"><strong> https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired/...</strong></a></p> <p>Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?redir_token=hkqGH4Lu_PwMlfLRdEnfPX7UYQR8MTU4MzA4NjYzNkAxNTgzMDAwMjM2&amp;v=3C8GXr44boM&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby-s