Season 2 Episode 11: The Aksumite Civil War

History of Africa

English - March 29, 2021 11:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 155 ratings
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The Aksumite invasion of Yemen was a success! The Himyarite king had killed himself, and the entirety of the Himyarite kingdom was under Aksumite control. Now what?
Two Aksumite generals: the prince-general Ariat and the slave-turned-general Abraha, disagreed strongly as to what they should do next. These disagreements, over such different matters as forced conversions, which villages should be raided, and how much power should be given to a puppet king, all eventually escalate into a catastrophic civil war.

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