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Major historical events are culminations of events occurring sequentially or in a “cycle of history” (Schlesinger, 1986). The birth, maturity, and decline of states is hypothesized as a cogent proof that great nations will rise, experience greatness, but somehow, they expire in inglorious decline. This “cycle” greatness of nations begins with the rise of great empires. They reach maturity and then dissipate their energies, unable to defeat the weakest adversary. The Axumite Empire experienced similar scenarios. It rose up in the highlands of northern Ethiopia and the highlands of the State of Eritrea. Its capital was the village of Axum where ancient landmark and monuments are still standing, and its seaport was the port of Adulis at the Red Sea. Axum controlled the southern part of the Red Sea. The rise of the Persian Empire in the 4th century CE introduced a big threat to the Roman Empire. In 533 CE, Emperor Justinian, sensing the need for alliance, sent a letter to the Axumite Emperor urging him to block Persian silk trade through the Red Sea. The Persian Empire’s formidable power defeated the Axumite forces in Southern Arabia. The Axumite Empire that ruled over northeast Africa and Arabia did not recover from this defeat.