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The Kingdom Of DʿMT/ደዐመተ (Da‘amat)
The Kingdom of DʿMT heralded the dawn of recorded history in the northern highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Enduring for centuries, it laid the foundations for the great empires that followed it.
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Early Antiquity Societies in Eritrea’s Akkälä Guzay Region (~1000 BC – 0 BC)
… located in Akele Guzay: Qohayto, Käskäse, Täḳwända & Addi Kramatən. Mätära was another significant city in the region that emerged during this period, but I have already covered it in a previous article. Some of these sites, particularly Käskäse, contain inscriptions mentioning …
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ይሐ/Yeha(800BC-100BC)
Yeha, likely the capital of the ancient kingdom of DʿMT, boasted a multi-storeyed palace, a grand temple, and elite burial tombs, making it one of the earliest known cities in the region.
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A Glimpse Into Ancient Eritrea: The Ona Culture (ዑና)
… First Millennium BC Matthew C. Curtis, pg 344) Introduction By the first millennium BC, the foundations for future civilisations in the Horn of Africa were already forming. In the highlands of Eritrea and northern Ethiopia, complex agropastoral communities had emerged. I have …
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The Conqueror of the Adulis Throne (Monumentum Adulitanum II)
… in the Monumentum Adulitanum II. Own work. Right: Proposed theory 2 - Conquests started from Adulis As discussed in the introductory section of this article, the highlands of Eritrea and Ethiopia during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD were politically fragmented. Since …
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The Land Of Punt & Eritrea
… and Ptolemy III Euergetes, Red Sea commerce was actively revived, contributing to the rise of key trading centres such as Adulis, which I discussed in my article on Adulis . However, civilisation didn’t totally collapse in the region. Instead, a new polity, …
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ኣዱሊስ/Adulis/Ἄδουλις - Part 1: The Rise Of Adulis (300BC-200AD)
… include the decline in trade with Egypt (and by extension, with other Mediterranean civilisations) during the mid to late first millennium BC. This downturn coincided with the weakening of the Egyptian state during the Third Intermediate Period, as discussed in my section …
Architecture record
Great Temple of Yeha
The Great Temple of Yeha, a windowless tower of finely dressed ashlar standing to some 14 m — the oldest standing structure in Ethiopia, built for the Sabaean-influenced polity of Diʿamat.
Illustrated artifact
Pre-Axumite Stamps, Ethiopia
… one would need to search the literature (!!) or review collections for corresponding impressions on materials from archaeological sites. Update: At the "Matara" Web site (which has since been shut down), these objects were described as "bronze identity stamps;" each figure encloses …
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Yǝḥa
Yǝḥa is the center of the kingdom of DM`T, a civilization that existed a thousand years before the great Aksumite Empire.