Prosperity and TPLF Negotiation

This period takes its name from the city of Aksum, which had been the capital of Ethiopia for a long time before the change to Christianity of King Ezana (who administered from c. 320-360) and was filled as capital for a long time. later. Although we can not exclude the likelihood that Christianity has been available in the country before the transformation of this ruler, as soon as it begins from this period that particularly Christian conviction declarations are presented in the material record.

Few ethiopian worship houses, such as Damo Dambeque (above) and DeGum, can probably be attributed to the Aksumite time frame. These two constructions presumably go back at the sixteenth century or later. However, they have not yet been distinguished without hesitation the houses of worship. However, archaeologists accept that few demolished designs currently dating up to the quarter and fifth century worked as places of worship, an end, depending on the elements as their direction. A huge platform ventured in the compound of the congregation of María de Zion in Aksum (considered by Ethiopians as the abode of the Covenant ark), it is most likely once you have given the admission to a great church worked during this period .

Aksumite's worship houses covered Basilica's plan (with a long focal road, sometimes with a more limited wing that crossed it, framing the state of a cross). These chapels developed using land-grounded structure procedures and their style reflects the customs of the neighborhood.