Throne of the Red Sea: The Rise, Zenith, and Fall of the Aksumite Empire

Throne of the Red Sea: The Rise, Zenith, and Fall of the Aksumite Empire For more than a thousand years, the Kingdom of Aksum was one of the most powerful civilisations on earth. From its heartland on the volcanic plateau of modern Ethiopia and Eritrea, this extraordinary highland empire controlled the western shore of the Red Sea, commanded the trade routes connecting Rome to India, minted gold c...