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 Pyxis, 5th century, ivory with the base restored in wood, 11.3 cm in diameter, Alexandria, Egypt © Trustees of the British Museum Aksum was the name of a kingdom that could now be considered northern Ethiopia the civilization was made up of multiple religions. The most popular one would be Christianity which was thriving during the 4th century. Judaism was another popular one that was started by a group of black Jews. Not much is known about the Aksum kingdom but what we do know is that they had a king and queen, king solomon, queen Sheba and their son menelik. One important thing about the kingdom is it is the home of the biblical ark of the covenant which lies the tablets of laws  where the Ten Commandments are inscribed. In the picture provided you can see what looks to be like two warriors fighting what could be a wolf or some sort of animal. They are using spears as their weapon. One weird thing is at the center of the right warrior and the animal is a rock that could si...

  This picture in a way is a very graphic photo from the 5th century, this photo reminds me of hurccles. The man in the photo is Krishna who  battles the demon keshi. Keshi the demon has been holding krishnas people captive. The demon doesn't look like how we see a demon but instead he is said to be a horse. Krishna uses one foot to hold him in place while he shoves his arm down the demon's throat. Underneath the  fighters looks to be another dead fighter, possibly a demon. The battle between keshi and krishnas also appears in the tenth Book of the Bhagavata Purana. Keshi knew he was bound to be killed by  Krishna so he sent other de mons to try and kill him first.