Tell me about Axum /his/, and the heir called Ethiopia.

>>1758666
It was the one hope subsaharan Africa had for a great civilization. I mourn its loss

>>1758676
Ethiopia isn't really sub-saharan

Culturally and historically it's tied to the Middle-East and North Africa

You're thinking of Mali

>>1759394
Or Kongo

>>1758666
What does this monument represent?

>>1759394
Mali is more West Africa/Saharan, or at least a lot of the important parts, like Timbuktu and Gao, were actually along the border of the desert and part of trans-Saharan culture.

>>1759397
This is more accurate. The loss of this kingdom is probably partially responsible for the fractured state the region is in nowadays.

>>1759405
>long
>hard
>erect

I dunno
>>1759473
Not really

Timbuktu and Gao shared in the culture of the rest of the sub-saharan sahel

Millet farming, initiation ceremonies, age sets, cavalry, paganized islam, mande caste system, griots, tribal scarring, etc.

>>1759516
>paganized islam
Isn't that a largely trans-Saharan thing, e.g. the Tuaregs who stretched from north of the Sahara to the south of it?

>>1759541
Yes and no

Tuaregs replaced their gods with djinn

>>1758676
That's Mali or the Swahili Cities

>>1758666
Their conflict with the Himyarites over control of the silk road was one of the first proxy wars in history.