Regarding Constantine 1 of the Ethiopian empire, also named Zara Yaqob: I tried to find churches built by him, and there are mentions of him building a lot, but I have not succeeded in finding material or photos of…
They had coinage with Greek writing in some periods, as I mentioned, which implies that Greeks must have had a very large influence on Aksum. It was only centuries later that they switched to non-Greek, native writing,…
Does the Songhai empire really have nothing besides size, gold and slave trading? Surely they must have had something. What about architecture? Ancient Greeks, Romans, ancient Chinese, etc., all had impressive…
What is the Songhai empire known for, apart from size, gold and slave trading? Any great architecture or scientific achievements?
That was back when Aksum had a large Greek minority and other minorities, and even in some periods of time had coinage with Greek writing. Also, Aksum probably overlaps much more with Eritrea than with Ethiopia. Aksum…
Regarding Constantine 1 of the Ethiopian empire, also named Zara Yaqob: I tried to find churches built by him, and there are mentions of him building a lot, but I have not succeeded in finding material or photos of…
They had coinage with Greek writing in some periods, as I mentioned, which implies that Greeks must have had a very large influence on Aksum. It was only centuries later that they switched to non-Greek, native writing,…
Does the Songhai empire really have nothing besides size, gold and slave trading? Surely they must have had something. What about architecture? Ancient Greeks, Romans, ancient Chinese, etc., all had impressive…
What is the Songhai empire known for, apart from size, gold and slave trading? Any great architecture or scientific achievements?
That was back when Aksum had a large Greek minority and other minorities, and even in some periods of time had coinage with Greek writing. Also, Aksum probably overlaps much more with Eritrea than with Ethiopia. Aksum…