Question

Im suppose to do a oral history project on Funj and i really dont understand how to do it im not good in this subject areaa pleeaase help me!!
identify the civilization and your role in it as well as the time period
explain the origins of your kingdom or city-state and consider the impact of migrations on your society’s origins
explain what social, political, religious, and economic activities your narrator would observe; you may want to make note of the influence of other peoples
consider the impact of geography on your narrator’s life and his or her society
write or speak with a natural narrative voice, as if telling a story to a friend

Answer 1

a part of the ancient african empire Axum.
It said:
identify the civilization and your role in it as well as the time period

are you a leader, a farmer, a cleric, herder..........

explain the origins of your kingdom or city-state and consider the impact of migrations


migrations caused by what climate change, political change, war, drought, new trade routes new discoveries.................

on your society’s origins ............are you Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Pagan, ........

explain what social, political, religious, and economic activities your narrator would observe; you may want to make note of the influence of other peoples
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Axum
Axum is located in Ethiopia
Axum or Aksum is a city and separate woreda in northern Ethiopia that was the original capital of the kingdom of Axum. Axum was a naval and trading power that ruled the region from about 400 BC into the 10th century. The kingdom was also arbitrarily identified as Abyssinia, Ethiopia, and India in medieval writings.
Axum was the center of the marine trading power known as the Aksumite Kingdom, which predated the earliest mentions in Roman era writings. Around 356, its ruler was converted to Christianity by Frumentius. Later, under the reign of Kaleb, Axum was a quasi-ally of Byzantium against the Persian Empire. The historical record is unclear, primary sources limited mainly to ancient church records.

It is believed it began a long slow decline after the 7th century due partly to Islamic groups contesting trade routes. Eventually Aksum was cut off from its principal markets in Alexandria, Byzantium and Southern Europe and its trade share was captured by Arab traders of the era. The Kingdom of Aksum was finally destroyed by Gudit, and eventually the people of Aksum were forced south and their civilization declined. As the kingdom's power declined so did the influence of the city, which is believed to have lost population in the decline similar to Rome and other cities thrust away from the flow of world events. The last known (nominal) king to reign was crowned c. 10th century, but the kingdom's influence and power ended long before that.

Its decline in population and trade then contributed to the shift of the power center of the Ethiopian Empire so that it moved further inland and bequeathed its alternative place name (Ethiopia) to the region, and eventually, the modern state.[1]

During the times of the Axum empire, Azana also held his own against war with the Persia and Byzantine empires.
The Kingdom of Aksum had its own written language called Ge'ez, and also developed a distinctive architecture exemplified by giant obelisks, the oldest of which (though much smaller) date from 5000–2000 BC.[2] This kingdom was at its height under King Ezana, baptized as Abreha, in the 4th century (which was also when it officially embraced Christianity).[3]

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church claims that the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion in Aksum houses the Biblical Ark of the Covenant in which lie the Tablets of Law upon which the Ten Commandments are inscribed.[4] The historical records and Ethiopian traditions suggest that it was from Aksum that Makeda, the Queen of Sheba, journeyed to visit King Solomon in Jerusalem. She had a son called "Menelik I" from King Solomon. He grew up in Ethiopia but traveled to Jerusalem as a young man to visit his father homeland. He lived several years in Jerusalem before returning to his country with the Ark of the Covenant. According to the Ethiopian Church and Ethiopian tradition, the Ark still exist in the town of Axum.[5] This same church was the site where Ethiopian emperors were crowned for centuries until the reign of Fasilides, then again beginning with Yohannes IV until the end of the empire. Axum is considered to be the holiest city in Ethiopia and is an important destination of pilgrimages.
Axum and Islam

The Axumite Empire has a longstanding relationship with Islam. According to ibn Hisham,[7] when Prophet Muhammad faced oppression from the Quraish clan, he sent a small group that included his daughter Ruqayya and her husband Uthman ibn Affan to Axum. Ashama ibn Abjar, the Christian king of Axum,[8] gave them refuge and protection. He refused the requests of the Quraish clan to send these refugees back to Arabia. These refugees did not return until the sixth year of the Hijra (628), and even then many remained in Ethiopia, eventually settling at Negash in eastern Tigray.

There are different traditions concerning the effect these early Muslims had on the ruler of Axum. The Muslim tradition is that the ruler of Axum was so impressed by these refugees that he became a secret convert. [9] On the other hand, Arabic historians and Ethiopian tradition state that some of the Muslim refugees who lived in Ethiopia during this time converted to Orthodox Christianity.