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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 5244601, member: 110504&quot;]...No, Really, one summary problem with the question of who impacted history in ancient times, beyond the limits of traditional Western historiography, is reducible to the numbers of people involved.</p><p>...For one instance, you could fast forward to the 13th c. ACE, when Sunjata founded the Malian empire, covering most of the western Niger basin.&nbsp; Where urban centers, with vibrant mecantile economies (minus, expletive of choice, coins ...think, Vikings), had been in place for a millennium.</p><p>Vaguely along those lines, here&#039;s a repost.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1218230[/ATTACH]</p><p>Aksum, Kaleb, c. earlier 6th century.&nbsp; AV unit (still within shouting distance of the typical weight of late Roman tremisses).&nbsp; Legends mostly in late Koine Greek (some letters retrograde), but with elements of Ge&#039;ez, notably the three-letter &#039;monogram&#039; of his name (obverse, top).&nbsp; (Munro-Hay, pp.198-9, Type 95; cf. Types 91-6.)</p><p>The Aksumites perpetuated the maritime trade links between the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa, and the Arabian peninsula, the Indian subcontinent, and possibly (again with reference to the Vikings) China, following the collapse of the earlier, no less evident Greco-Roman routes. </p><p>...In terms of net global impact, especially where sheer numbers of people are concerned, the jury&#039;s out.&nbsp; ...Except, here is an example of what we Should know, and just Don&#039;t.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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