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Dʿmt
c. 980–400 BCE kingdom in Eritrea and fringes of northern Ethiopia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the medieval kingdom located in western Ethiopia, see Kingdom of Damot.
Dʿmt (Unvocalized Ge'ez: ደዐመተ, DʿMT theoretically vocalized as ዳዓማት, *Daʿamat[2] or ዳዕማት, *Daʿəmat[3]) was a kingdom located in Eritrea and northern Ethiopia which existed between the 10th and 5th centuries BC. Few inscriptions by or about this kingdom survive and very little archaeological work has taken place. As a result, it is not known whether Dʿmt ended as a civilization before the Kingdom of Aksum's early stages, evolved into the Aksumite state, or was one of the smaller states united in the Kingdom of Aksum possibly around 150 BC.[4]
Quick Facts Kingdom of Dʿmtደዐመተ, Capital ...
Kingdom of Dʿmt ደዐመተ | |||||||||
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980 BC–c. 650 BC | |||||||||
![]() Dʿmt is given as "Damot" on this map, not to be confused with the later and more southwestern Kingdom of Damot. | |||||||||
Capital | Yeha[1] | ||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
Historical era | Iron Age | ||||||||
• Established | 980 BC | ||||||||
• Disestablished | c. 650 BC | ||||||||
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