Aksum
Proper noun
Meaning
Aksum
A town in La'ilay Maychew district, Maekelay, Tigray, Ethiopia: The site of the historic capital of the Aksumite Empire, now a tourist town in Ethiopia.
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Examples
By 300 CE, Aksum was minting its own coins in silver and gold.
Ato Wolde-ab Wolde Mariam was originally from Aksum.
Aksum was known throughout those lands.
By 800 CE, the capital was moved south into the interior highlands, and Aksum was much diminished.
Meanwhile, the old Meroitic kingdom contracted because of the expansion of the powerful Kingdom of Aksum to the east.
Stuart Munro-Hay, Aksum, p. 81. Details of the Axumite Kingdom, never abundant, become even more scarce after this point.