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| | Eritrea - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography |
 | | Together with Ethiopia and the western Red Sea coast of Sudan, it is considered the most likely location of the land known to the ancient Egyptians as Punt (or "Ta Netjeru," meaning land of the Gods), whose first mention dates to the 25th century BC. |
 | | Around the 8th century BC, a kingdom known as D'mt was established in northern Ethiopia and Eritrea, with its capital at Yeha in northern Ethiopia. |
 | | Its successor, the Kingdom of Aksum, emerged around the birth of Jesus and grew to be, according to Mani, one of the four greatest civilizations in the world, along with China, Persia, and Rome. |
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