Aksum

Also known as Axum, Akhsum

The centre of a trading kingdom in the northern Ethiopian highlands, known for its carved stelae and early adoption of Christianity.

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Aksum is on the atlas, but nobody has written and sourced a full entry for it. Rather than generating one, we are leaving this blank until it can be researched properly. The coverage inventory in the repository tracks what is outstanding.

Themes: Trade & exchange, Religion & pilgrimage, Empires & independence