Explain internal and external factors accounted for the downfall of axsumite kingdom.
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The Persian emperor Khosrow I, invaded Yemen - a part of Aksum and it led to a series of wars (the Abyssinian -Persian wars), resulting in the fall of Yemen in 570 AD and gradually other parts of the kingdom. Aksum lost a major part of its armies in these wars.
The deadly pandemic of Justinian Plague, is supposed to have struck the kingdom around about this time. Further, climate change led to poor agricultural yields. Invasion by Islamic powers during the 7th century lead to the eventual downfall of the kingdom.
Aksum was an ancient kingdom which existed in the current Tigray, Eritrean region during 100 – 940 AD.
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