________ also bred a slew of disease- carrying insects and parasites, which have wreaked havoc on many parts of the continent for years.
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Axum
________ was introduced to Christianity in the fourth century c.e.
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African
Even though geography fostered some interaction between ________ and Eurasian peoples, the Atlantic and Pacific oceans separated Western Hemisphere cultures and societies from their Afro- Eurasian counterparts.
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Kingdom of Mero
The ________ was ruled by an all- powerful and sacred king, a position that has been held by women on at least 10 occasions, either alone or in tandem with a male monarch.
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Eurasia
________ accounted for more than 85 % of the world's population at the time, with Africa accounting for 10 %, America for 5 %, and Oceania accounting for less than 1 %.
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King Ezana
the country's ruler at the time, converted to Christianity around the same time as Constantine did in the Roman Empire.
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Maya
Writing was limited to the Mesoamerican region in the Americas, where it was most developed among the ________, whereas it was limited to the northern and northeastern regions of Africa.
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Egypt
Nubians traded and battled with ________ for ages, and at one point, the Nubian Kingdom of Kush invaded ________ and controlled it for a century.
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Eurasia
In the Americas, metallurgy was also considerably less developed than in ________ and Africa, where iron tools and weapons played such a significant part in economic and military life.
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Kingdom of Mero
was ruled by an all- powerful and holy king, a position held by women on at least 10 occasions, either alone or in tandem with a male monarch.
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Nubian civilization
nearly as old as Egypt itself, are located in the Nile Valley south of Egypt