Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

States and territories disestablished in the 5th century

D mt (Ge'ez: ደዐመተ, DʿMT theoretically vocalized as ዳዓማት, Daʿamat or ዳዕማት, Daʿəmat) was a kingdom located in Eritrea and northern Ethiopia that existed between the 10th and 5th centuries BC. Few inscriptions by or about this kingdom survive and very little archaeological work has taken place. As a result, it is not known whether Dʿmt ended as a civilization before the Kingdom of Aksum's early stages, evolved into the Aksumite state, or was one of the smaller states united in the Kingdom of Aksum possibly around the beginning of the 1st century.

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  1. Roman Britain

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the Romans in Britain, a history of 400 years of occupation. Do those four centuries still colour our national life and character today?

    1 May 2003

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    Featuring: Greg Woolf, Mary Beard, Catharine Edwards

     
  2. Rome and European Civilization

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the role Rome has played in European civilization, from republicanism and imperialism to being the Catholic Heart of the Christian Church.

    20 December 2001

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    Featuring: Mary Beard, Catharine Edwards, Greg Woolf