Ethiopian history as an organized and independent polity dates back to the beginning of the second century BC with the kingdom of Axum in the northern state of Tigrai.
埃塞俄比亚作为有组织、独立政体的历史可以追溯到公元前2世纪之初，位于提格雷(Tigrai)北部州的阿克苏姆王国。