{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/651bf402df8d6100113bc5a0/6579ad75b83dd0001269f29f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"#5: Aksum – One of the Four Great Powers of Antiquity","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/651bf402df8d6100113bc5a0/1702470503529-8dbd047087cf89f67a3bb27ca80e9352.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Today's episode is about an East African kingdom that, in the 2nd century CE, was described as one of the world's foremost powers, along with Rome, Persia, and China. A kingdom that erected grand monuments and whose coinage spread throughout the world. It was not only among the first in history to convert to Christianity – a couple of hundred years later, it may have played a decisive role in the survival of Islam as a religion.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Today's episode is about Aksum.</p>","author_name":"Amat Levin"}