What are the main features of civilizations Axum Ethiopia and Kush?

- Location: Ethiopia

- Time Period: 100-940 CE

- Cultural influences: South Arabia, Egypt, Greece

- Main features:

- Powerful trading empire

- Controlled trade routes between Africa and Asia

- Famous for its towering stelae (carved stone obelisks)

- Decline: The rise of Islam and the decline of the Aksumite trading empire

Kush

- Location: Nubia (present-day Sudan)

- Time Period: 2500 BCE - 350 CE

- Cultural influences: Egypt

- Main features:

- Powerful kingdom with a centralized government

- Built pyramids as tombs for their kings and queens

- Engaged in trade with Egypt and other parts of Africa

- Decline: The invasion of the Nubian kingdom by the Axumite Empire