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The third-century prophet Mānī said that the four great empires of the world were Rome, Persia, China and Axum. We know that Rome and Persia interacted with and knew of Axum (via Egypt), but what about China? Did it have any knowledge of that ancient Ethiopian kingdom?

by /u/donotusethisaccountu in /r/AskHistorians

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