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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A town of northern Ethiopia. From the first to the eighth century AD, it was the capital of an empire that controlled much of northern Ethiopia. According to tradition, the Ark of the Covenant was brought here from Jerusalem and placed in the Church of Saint Mary of Zion, where the rulers of Ethiopia were crowned.
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As we traveled from Addis to Aksum, it\'s impossible not to notice who is building the roads here.
Bernard Pollack: Notes from the Road: China Invests in Ethiopia's Infrastructure 2009
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The Scottish explorer James Bruce, in his Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, describes how the beautiful queen Judith, queen of the Beta Israel, single-handedly overthrew Christianity and eliminated most of the Solomonic royal dynasty based at Aksum.
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In Aksum alone, the Chinese have built more than 150 kilometers of roads and provided cell phones for farmers -- allowing them, for the first time ever, to check prices before they go to market and to call ahead for supplies and materials.
Bernard Pollack: Notes from the Road: China Invests in Ethiopia's Infrastructure 2009
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As we traveled from Addis to Aksum, it's impossible not to notice who is building the roads here.
Bernard Pollack: Notes from the Road: China Invests in Ethiopia's Infrastructure 2009
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After adopting Mosaic laws for the Ethiopian people, she sent her son Menelik and members of his staff to steal the Ark and bring it to Aksum.
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One of our guides/interpreters said that sometimes the Chinese show up at markets near Aksum before they open, buying up all the goods before Ethiopian customers even arrive.
Bernard Pollack: Notes from the Road: China Invests in Ethiopia's Infrastructure 2009
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Every year, thousands of tourists and pilgrims visit Aksum, a small mountain town about 300 miles north of the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, to see the shrine protecting the Ark. Aksum is considered one of the holiest sites for followers of Ethiopian Orthodoxy, which counts itself among the oldest forms of Christianity.
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The Simen region, surrounded by old cultural centers like Aksum, Lalibela and Gonder, has been inhabited by cultivators for at least 2,000 years.
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Wein:The whole thing was eye-opening and unforgettable, but certainly the most exciting part for me was being in the city of Aksum and visiting Debra Damo, the clifftop monastery that features in A Coalition of Lions.
Archive 2008-11-01 a. fortis 2008
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She's about twelve in this venture; it takes place back in Aksum.
Archive 2008-11-01 a. fortis 2008
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