Packet L: Tossup 8

Stuart Munro-Hay mistakenly identified a ruler of this kingdom with a figure named Saifu in a tradition recorded by the scholar Liu Zhi. This kingdom gives its name to a type of frieze with square projecting cross-beams. Cosmas the Monk recorded a now-lost (-5[1])inscription during his visit (10[1])to this kingdom’s port of Adulis. One of the (10[1])Nine Saints (10[1])founded an abbey in this kingdom (10[1])that produced the Garima Gospels. (10[5])After this kingdom’s conquest of Himyar, (10[2])its general (10[1]-5[1])Abraha (10[2])attempted to invade (-5[1])Mecca (10[1])with elephants. (10[4])A queen (10[1])named Gudit (-5[1])legendarily (10[2])ended the rule of this (10[1])kingdom, which stopped building stelae (10[1])like its namesake “Obelisk” (10[2])after (10[1])Frumentius’s (10[2])conversion of its king Ezana. For 10 points, name this kingdom (-5[1])in the Horn of Africa (10[4]-5[1])that converted to Christianity (10[2])in the fourth (0[1]-5[1])century. (10[1])■END■ (10[13]0[3])

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