Christianity's spread southwards from Ethiopia in the Middle Ages was limited by specific factors
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The spread of Christianity southwards from Ethiopia during the Middle Ages was constrained by specific factors, notably the resistance of dominant local pagan practices and military conflicts with established regional states.
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Pagan Religious Practices in Medieval Ethiopia: Development and Resistance of the Christian Kingdom (1434–1468)
2022 · cited by 2
Paper [1] notes that the presence and dominance of local pagan practices hindered the expansion of Christianity south of the Aksumite empire until the thirteenth century.
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King Amda Tsiyon (r.1314-1344) territorial expansion to the kingdom of Hadiya, South West Ethiopia
2022 · cited by 1
Paper [2] highlights that the expansion of the Christian kingdom southwards encountered powerful regional kingdoms like Hadiya, leading to sustained military conflicts.