Kingdom of Kush

View” (The Pride of an African Heritage)  The Aha styles of Mariamaat and ancient Egypt (pre-dynastic) Kemet or Ta-mar-ate, is recorded at 5000 years; but is possibly much older under different names or tribes existing outside Egypt’s delta (Twa/Kush/Punt/Shay), as the Khemites gave praise and honor to all their gods. Therefore, for every “Warring god,” their names were attached to that form of fighting-Aha (Aha means to get aggressive or

The Axumite Kingdom was a strong trading empire, which was located in modern day Ethiopia and Eritrea (The Kingdom of Aksum is Founded). For them being located southeast of Kush on rugged land, made it difficult for them to farm. That didn’t stop them from developing a technique to farm on these rugged and hilly grounds. The Axumites were very determined people; they knew they were surrounded by huge bodies of water, so they used it to their advantage. Trade was more accessible for them, but to make

Epidemics Expatriate Merchants Bubonic Plague Bishop of Rome 476 ce Nestorians Syncretic/syncretism Small Pox St. Augustine Manicheaism MAP: Kush Himalaya Mountains Taklamakan Desert Taxila Persian Gulf Arabia Tyre Red Sea South China Sea Ceylon Bactria Chang’an Hindu Kush Mountains Madagascar Kashgar Caspian Sea Palmyra Antioch Arabian Sea Damasacus Guandzhou Pondicherry Samarkand Sumatra Java Parthia

of people in the world have ever earned the title, "Great". Alexander III of Macedonia is one of lucky few. Alexander the Great started his reign in Macedonia at the age of twenty after his father was assassinated. He then proceeded to expand his kingdom to the largest in the world. So, just how great was he? Alexander the Great was an undeniably brilliant military strategist, yet you could still argue that he doesn't deserve his title because of his cruel treatment of his conquered people and massive

“ETHIOPIAN JEWS” Throughout the bible, the people of Ethiopia had intermingled and intermarried with the descendants of Shem even before Abraham was born. Abraham and his descendants have racially intermixed and intermarried with the Ethiopians from the beginning of the Hebrew-Jewish origins, as many Ethiopians were known to be Hebrew-Jewish descent. Moses and his family were Hebrews having Ethiopian origins. There are many Jewish communities in Ethiopia today, and one of these groups are the “Falashas

originating in the establishment of the New Kingdom. Through the creation of various military and political relations by the Pharaohs of the 18th Dynasty, Egypt was able to expand & prosper leading to the establishment of a vast empire in the ‘Golden Age’ of Egyptian history. Egypt had exploited Nubian for resources such as gold since the Old Kingdom, yet expansion of empire into Nubia wasn’t seen as a political and economical necessity until the New Kingdom. Expansion into Nubia politically protected

and gods. They also used this type of style to dedicate to ensuring safety and happiness in the next life. The standard Egyptian tombs was a rectangular brick or stone structure with sloping sides build over an underground burial chamber. The Old Kingdom statues survived all those years because they fulfilled an important function in Egyptian tombs as substitute abodes for ka (the immortal human life force). Although the characteristics of Ancient Egyptian art has been

The way women have been treated varies throughout time, in some time periods women were oppressed and fighting for rights, in others they were queens. In the ancient societies of Egypt and India, women were treated differently than men, although in different ways. In Egypt, women were still treated with respect and dignity, while in India the roles of women were to be submissive and compliant. Women throughout time have experienced position changes more times than can be counted. Not just in modern

1. Mali - Mali is the eighth largest country in the entire West Africa. The economic center of Mali runs on agriculture and also fishing. Mali is the third largest gold producing country in the world, another interesting thing it produces is salt. Mali also produced a federation in the year 1960 after gaining independence Mali had gotten the Mali federation. 2. Chad - Chad is located in central West Africa it borders with Libya and Sudan on either side of it. Chad is a very unique place it is

because of various reasons. In the case of the Han Dynasty around 220 C.E. the young emperor, Emperor Xian of Han, that came to rule the empire lost control. Three different families took control from them, creating the period known as the Three Kingdoms. Nomadic tribes from central Asia attacked the northern borders of the empire at this same time. And the final straw was the onset of an epidemic of Smallpox that struck the population of the empire. About two hundred years later the Roman Empire