King Ezana Conquered Yemen In 340 AD. Then He Found Christ. #historyshorts #ancienthistory

Added: 2026-05-16

[00:00:00]Aksumite warships sliced through the Red Sea, headed for Yemen, 525 CE.

[00:00:06]Their king had converted [music] to Christianity two centuries before Rome itself officially became Christian. This was Aksum, a trading empire controlling [music] the flow of gold, ivory, and frankincense between three continents.

[00:00:20]They carved their own [music] script, Ge'ez, still used in Ethiopian liturgy today.

[00:00:27]They minted gold [music] coins stamped in Greek and their own language.

[00:00:32]They raised stone [music] towers rivaling Egypt's monuments, the tallest reaching 108 feet toward the sky.

[00:00:40]When Islamic expansion [music] severed their trade routes centuries later, the kingdom faded into silence.