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[samisannn]

Dare I say, Hector, the freaky vent.

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[ceriashward]

recent dumb(?) google searches as a writer

can you flush the toilet if the power is out in an apartment building

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[zolabeano]

[whencyclopedia]

Kingdom of Axum

The African Kingdom of Axum (also Aksum) was located on the northern edge of the highland zone of the Red Sea coast, just above the horn of Africa. It was founded in the 1st century CE, flourished from the 3rd to 6th century CE, and then survived as a much smaller political entity into the 8th century CE.

The territory Axum once controlled is today occupied by the states of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, and Somaliland. Prospering thanks to agriculture, cattle herding, and control over trade routes which saw gold and ivory exchanged for foreign luxury goods, the kingdom and its capital of Axum built lasting stone monuments and achieved a number of firsts. It was the first sub-Saharan African state to mint its own coinage and, around 350 CE, the first to officially adopt Christianity. Axum even created its own script, Ge'ez, which is still in use in Ethiopia today. The kingdom went into decline from the 7th century CE due to increased competition from Muslim Arab traders and the rise of rival local peoples such as the Bedja. Surviving as a much smaller territory to the south, the remnants of the once great kingdom of Axum would eventually rise again and form the great kingdom of Abyssinia in the 13th century CE.

Name & Foundation

The name Axum, or Akshum as it is sometimes referred to, may derive from a combination of two words from local languages - the Agew word for water and the Ge'ez word for official, shum. The water reference is probably due to the presence of large ancient rock cisterns in the area of the capital at Axum.

The region had certainly been occupied by agrarian communities similar in culture to those in southern Arabia since the Stone Age, but the ancient kingdom of Axum began to prosper from the 1st century CE thanks to its rich agricultural lands, dependable summer monsoon rains, and control of regional trade. This trade network included links with Egypt to the north and, to the east, along the East African coast and southern Arabia. Wheat, barley, millet, and teff (a high-yield grain) had been grown with success in the region at least as early as the 1st millennium BCE while cattle herding dates back to the 2nd millennium BCE, an endeavour aided by the vast grassland savannah of the Ethiopian plateau. Goats and sheep were also herded and an added advantage for everyone was the absence of the tropical parasitic diseases that have blighted other parts of sub-Saharan Africa. Wealth acquired through trade and military might was added to this prosperous agricultural base and so, in the late 1st century CE, a single king replaced a confederation of chiefdoms and forged a united kingdom that would dominate the Ethiopian highlands for the next six centuries. The kingdom of Axum, one of the greatest in the world at that time, was born.

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[kai-inkkun]

Tongues & Teeth Desert duo 3rd life MAP | part 30!

[prringlecan]

dw atsushi will find the remnants of tsuki-no gozen and bring akutagawa back trust me TRUST me I’m asagiris bug in his walls I’m going to fucking die actually what the hell

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[hourlyhoon]

⠀⠀⠀୧ ‧₊˚ ✩ ⋅ 𝒞 𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢d̲i̲s̲e̲ ? ⥃⿻

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[ayiemojis]

Made more symbols today!!

First / 1st — second / 2nd — third / 3rd

Over — under

Above — below

[in] front — behind

Side

[dinosaurwithablog]

Anthony Volpe, who runs like the wind, steals 2nd base and 3rd base on an E2!! I love to watch him run!! He's poetry in motion!! Sooooooo fast!!! Sooooooo fine!!!

LET'S GO, YANKEES!!!!!

[furufuro]

⚖️ Ileshewnis AM Nashesh, AF Ranya, YAF Shri, TM Yaten Colors: Teal & Orange

For as far back as she can remember, Shri can recall the tale of love spun by her parents Nashesh and Ranya. How they were born not only to wealth, but to each other. Both from prestigious houses of trade, her grandparents thought it lucrative to combine their fortunes through marriage. Regardless of that fact, her father proclaimed that he knew he would have married her mother whether they had been promised or not, for he loved her the moment he met her at eight cycles young.

Twenty-nine cycles and two children later, her parents cannot help but think that things could not be better for their family. But Shri knows better. Her brother Yaten has fallen hopelessly in love with Tulsi, a poor girl from a diving family. Shri knows not whether their parents will accept such a rebellion, for they still have yet to accept hers as a City Guard. Yet whether they will or whether they will not, Shri will defend her brother's love. She is a shield not only in name, but in deed.

༺═───────────────═༻ This is the last of my queued posts. Time to get back in the lab and work on the next few weeks posts. Thing is, I'll be starting my classes again in late August, so I can't promise consistency past this last upcoming batch 😞. Nevertheless, I'll be sure to keep you updated the best I can 💜.

If there's something you want to see in these upcoming posts (like I want to see something new, or more household features/lore, more pictures of sims in Uranesia, more of a specific sim, tattoos, etc) or if there are any questions please let me know. I'll do my best to oblige 🙇🏿‍♀️.

[arthyritis]

How was the new saga for you

Glass and I listened and reacted together and when it was done I sent ten different crying reaction images to them all at once 🥲👍

Something like this:

[masked-fruit]

Yo, it's Oct 3RD

God bless yall