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Trade routes, axum was the center of ancient trade. Until Islams rose to power in the seventh century. The Islams changed the trade routes.
At the A.D 600s, Muslims fought with the rulers of Aksum for the control of the Red Sea trade routes.
They controlled extensive trade routes that connected many cultures.
Chinese did not go to Aksum to trade.
Aksum began a long slow decline after the 7th century due partly to Islamic groups contesting trade routes. Eventually Aksum was cut off from its principal markets in Alexandria, Byzantium and Southern Europe and its trade share was captured by Arab traders of the era. The Kingdom of Aksum also quarreled with Islamic groups over religion. Eventually the people of Aksum were forced south and their civilization declined.
Aksum is believed to have conquered the Kingdom of Kush around the 4th century AD. This expansion was part of Aksum's rise as a powerful trading empire in the region, which included parts of modern-day Ethiopia and Sudan. The conquest of Kush allowed Aksum to control key trade routes and resources.
The main factors that led to the fall of the Aksum in the seventh century were climate change and the obstruction of international trade routes around the Red Sea brought on by the growing supremacy of the Muslims in Ethiopia.
The main factors that led to the fall of the Aksum in the seventh century were climate change and the obstruction of international trade routes around the Red Sea brought on by the growing supremacy of the Muslims in Ethiopia.
The main trading port of Aksum was Adulis.
The main trading port of Aksum was Adulis.
Muslims could trade so easily because they were in the middle of all the trade routes and they were located where the trade routes intersect from their neighboring countries.