Part I: The Beginnings of an Empire
295 BC: Garu Aksum, 16-year-old son of a farmer, starts to bring together the Abyssinian peoples under one banner. Their collective polytheistic beliefs and the spreading of Aksum's words of wealth and power unites many different tribes and states. The Um'Mula, or "Chariot-People", the "Um'Aksuma", or "Farm-People", and the various other tribes, all believe that Garu Aksum's way is one that led to glory. Thousands of axe-wielding and chariot-riding warriors come to join Aksum's army, and thousands of people hold Aksum's banner above their heads and call themselves Ethiopians.
280 BC: Aksum, capital of Ethiopia, is founded by the Ethiopians. It is named after Garu Aksum and his tribe of farmers. Garu Aksum meets with a group of exploring Egyptian axemen. Aksum sends one of his men to meet with the Jewish Ramesses II, current Pharaoh of Egypt. They agree on peace, for the time being, but make no further treaties or trades. Aksum was said to have not trusted the monotheistic people, for the reason that they followed only one God.
265 BC: Greece, a nation to the north of Egypt, converts to Judaism. The Egyptians willingly become vassals to their Jewish brothers, and thus Greece also comes in contact with Ethiopia. Pericles, king of the Greeks, takes peace from Aksum as well. Garu Aksum starts to amass soldiers on the western border of Israel, a small state to the east of Ethiopia. Soldiers also gather on the southern border of Egypt. Aksum wants to conquer his monotheistic neighbour to the north before he passes away so that his name will surely be remembered forever.
235-220 BC: Garu Aksum passes away, and Immet Yetu, who had until then acted as an advisor, comes to power. He declares war on Egypt, Greece and Israel. Yerushalem falls to Ethiopia.
205 BC: A Abyssinian village on the coast while has practiced an advanced form of metal working, while using only copper at the moment, Ethiopian scientists believe that it could be used with much stronger metals. Another tribe has spoken of a metal called iron, which fits the bill exactly.
190 BC: Niwt-Rst, capital of Egypt, falls to Ethiopian axemen. Cleopatra IV is captured and killed. Soon afterward Per-Wadjet is razed to the ground by the Ethiopians, and the entire populous is enslaved and forced to build a road back to Aksum. Immet Yetu claims himself Emperor of Africa, which is what the Greeks called their land.
Egypt finally destroyed, will the Ethiopians continue to push north and fight the Greeks as well? Will a Jewish king come to the Ethiopian throne? Find out next time... on Rhye's of the Ethiopians!
Spoiler :
Please click on the images to see them full-sized. I cannot figure out how to make them larger on the post itself.
Note that any leaders or tribes or Ethiopian words are not historic or accurate. I cannot spend my whole day translating words into English and looking up historic leaders and terms.
Note that any leaders or tribes or Ethiopian words are not historic or accurate. I cannot spend my whole day translating words into English and looking up historic leaders and terms.
295 BC: Garu Aksum, 16-year-old son of a farmer, starts to bring together the Abyssinian peoples under one banner. Their collective polytheistic beliefs and the spreading of Aksum's words of wealth and power unites many different tribes and states. The Um'Mula, or "Chariot-People", the "Um'Aksuma", or "Farm-People", and the various other tribes, all believe that Garu Aksum's way is one that led to glory. Thousands of axe-wielding and chariot-riding warriors come to join Aksum's army, and thousands of people hold Aksum's banner above their heads and call themselves Ethiopians.
280 BC: Aksum, capital of Ethiopia, is founded by the Ethiopians. It is named after Garu Aksum and his tribe of farmers. Garu Aksum meets with a group of exploring Egyptian axemen. Aksum sends one of his men to meet with the Jewish Ramesses II, current Pharaoh of Egypt. They agree on peace, for the time being, but make no further treaties or trades. Aksum was said to have not trusted the monotheistic people, for the reason that they followed only one God.
265 BC: Greece, a nation to the north of Egypt, converts to Judaism. The Egyptians willingly become vassals to their Jewish brothers, and thus Greece also comes in contact with Ethiopia. Pericles, king of the Greeks, takes peace from Aksum as well. Garu Aksum starts to amass soldiers on the western border of Israel, a small state to the east of Ethiopia. Soldiers also gather on the southern border of Egypt. Aksum wants to conquer his monotheistic neighbour to the north before he passes away so that his name will surely be remembered forever.
235-220 BC: Garu Aksum passes away, and Immet Yetu, who had until then acted as an advisor, comes to power. He declares war on Egypt, Greece and Israel. Yerushalem falls to Ethiopia.
205 BC: A Abyssinian village on the coast while has practiced an advanced form of metal working, while using only copper at the moment, Ethiopian scientists believe that it could be used with much stronger metals. Another tribe has spoken of a metal called iron, which fits the bill exactly.
190 BC: Niwt-Rst, capital of Egypt, falls to Ethiopian axemen. Cleopatra IV is captured and killed. Soon afterward Per-Wadjet is razed to the ground by the Ethiopians, and the entire populous is enslaved and forced to build a road back to Aksum. Immet Yetu claims himself Emperor of Africa, which is what the Greeks called their land.
Egypt finally destroyed, will the Ethiopians continue to push north and fight the Greeks as well? Will a Jewish king come to the Ethiopian throne? Find out next time... on Rhye's of the Ethiopians!
Spoiler :
How do you enlarge images, so they are full-sized? These ones are lame...
Also, any feedback or suggestions are hugely appreciated! I'm a sucker for attention.
Also, any feedback or suggestions are hugely appreciated! I'm a sucker for attention.