It is Aksum not, Axum -_- ... They built Obelisks
Axum is now where modern day Ethiopia is.
Kaleb of Axum died in 540.
Axum was not isolated from trade
The relations between Muslims and Christians in Axum were peaceful. The Axum was on good terms with their Islamic neighbors.
The Axum port city
The airport code for Axum Airport is AXU.
St. Mary of Zion in Axum, Ethiopia, was established in the fourth century. It is Ethiopian Orthodox Catholic. And, supposedly holds the actual Ark of the Covenant that God had the Jews build many millennium ago. You can read all about it at the link below.
Axum had protected Muslims from persecution
Axum is not located in a desert. It is located in a sub tropical highland.
The city state is Axum that owed its strength to its location on the Red Sea.
Jewish.