Dʿmt
Kingdom of dʿmt ደዐመተ | |||||||||||
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| 8th c. BC–4th c. BC | |||||||||||
| Capital | Yeha | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Iron Age | ||||||||||
• Established | 8th c. BC | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 4th c. BC | ||||||||||
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dʿmt (Ge'ez: ደዐመተ, romanized: dʿmt; theoretically vocalized ዳዓማት, *Daʿamat or ዳዕማት, *Daʿəmat) was a Ethio-Sabaean kingdom located in present-day Eritrea and the northern Tigray Region of Ethiopia.
The exact dates of its existence remain unknown. However, a timeframe spanning from the end of the 8th century BC to the 6th century BC is a hypothesis. 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.
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