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Ancient Ethiopia Versus Modern Ethiopia
“ Ancient Ethiopia Versus Modern Ethiopia”
Ancient Ethiopia was belonging to a period from 1000 AD to end of 1885 BC. Ancient Ethiopia formally known as Aksumite Empire. Aksumite Empire one of the earlist civilization of the world next to Mesopotomia Empire. Ancient Ethiopia is better than modern Ethiopia in terms of political power, economy and innovation of technology.

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