Explain the kingdom of aksum and kingdom of kongo.
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ᴛʜᴇ ᴋɪɴɢᴅᴏᴍ ᴏғ ᴀᴋsᴜᴍ ᴡᴀs ᴀ ᴛʀᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴇᴍᴘɪʀᴇ ᴄᴇɴᴛᴇʀᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴇʀɪᴛʀᴇᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏʀᴛʜᴇʀɴ ᴇᴛʜɪᴏᴘɪᴀ. ɪᴛ ᴇxɪsᴛᴇᴅ ᴀᴘᴘʀᴏxɪᴍᴀᴛᴇʟʏ – ᴀᴅ, ɢʀᴏᴡɪɴɢ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ɪʀᴏɴ ᴀɢᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴏ-ᴀᴋsᴜᴍɪᴛᴇ ᴘᴇʀɪᴏᴅ ᴄ. ғᴏᴜʀᴛʜ ᴄᴇɴᴛᴜʀʏ ʙᴄ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴄʜɪᴇᴠᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴍɪɴᴇɴᴄᴇ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ғɪʀsᴛ ᴄᴇɴᴛᴜʀʏ ᴀᴅ.
ᴛʜᴇ ᴋɪɴɢᴅᴏᴍ ᴏғ ᴋᴏɴɢᴏ ᴡᴀs ᴀ ᴋɪɴɢᴅᴏᴍ ʟᴏᴄᴀᴛᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴄᴇɴᴛʀᴀʟ ᴀғʀɪᴄᴀ ɪɴ ᴘʀᴇsᴇɴᴛ-ᴅᴀʏ ɴᴏʀᴛʜᴇʀɴ ᴀɴɢᴏʟᴀ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴇsᴛᴇʀɴ ᴘᴏʀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴍᴏᴄʀᴀᴛɪᴄ ʀᴇᴘᴜʙʟɪᴄ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴɢᴏ, ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴘᴜʙʟɪᴄ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴɢᴏ ᴀs ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴀs ᴛʜᴇ sᴏᴜᴛʜᴇʀɴᴍᴏsᴛ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏғ ɢᴀʙᴏɴ.
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kingdom of aksum
The Kingdom of Aksum also known as the Kingdom of Axum or the Aksumite Empire, was an ancient kingdom centered in Northern Ethiopia, in the Tigray region and in what is now Eritrea.Axumite rulers styled themselves as King of kings, king of Aksum, Himyar, Raydan, Saba, Salhen, Tsiyamo, Beja and of Kush.Ruled by the Aksumites, it existed from approximately 80 BC to AD 825.The polity was centered in the city of Axum and grew from the proto-Aksumite Iron Age period around the 4th century BC to achieve prominence by the 1st century AD. Aksum became a major player on the commercial route between the Roman Empire and Ancient India. The Aksumite rulers facilitated trade by minting their own Aksumite currency, with the state establishing its hegemony over the declining Kingdom of Kush. It also regularly entered the politics of the kingdoms on the Arabian Peninsula and eventually extended its rule over the region with the conquest of the Himyarite Kingdom. The Manichaei prophet Mani (died 274 AD) regarded Axum as one of the four great powers of his time, the others being Persia, Rome and China.It ruled the South Arabia of Yemen for half a century in the 6th century.
kingdom of kongo
The Kingdom of Kongo (Kikongo: Kongo dia Ntotilaor Wene wa Kongo;Portuguese: Reino do Congo) was a kingdom located in central Africa in present-day northern Angola, the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo,the Republic of the Congo as well as the southernmost part of Gabon.At its greatest extent it reached from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Kwango River in the east, and from the Congo River in the north to the Kwanza River in the south. The kingdom consisted of several core provinces ruled by the Manikongo, the Portuguese version of the Kongo title Mwene Kongo, meaning "lord or ruler of the Kongo kingdom", but its sphere of influence extended to neighbouring kingdoms, such as Ngoyo, Kakongo, Loango, Ndongo and Matamba, the latter two located in what is Angola today.