▁D ' mt ▁kingdom ▁was ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁Sab ae ans ▁in ▁Y emen , ▁however ▁it ▁is ▁not ▁known ▁to ▁what ▁extent . ▁While ▁it ▁was ▁once ▁believed ▁that ▁D ' mt ▁was ▁a ▁Sab ae an ▁col ony , ▁it ▁is ▁now ▁believed ▁that ▁Sab ae an ▁influence ▁was ▁minor , ▁limited ▁to ▁a ▁few ▁local ities , ▁and ▁disappeared ▁after ▁a ▁few ▁dec ades ▁or ▁a ▁century , ▁perhaps ▁representing ▁a ▁trad ing ▁or ▁military ▁col ony ▁in ▁some ▁sort ▁of ▁sym b ios is ▁or ▁military ▁al liance ▁with ▁the ▁civil ization ▁of ▁D ʿ mt ▁or ▁some ▁other ▁proto - A ks um ite ▁state . ▁F ew ▁ins cri ptions ▁by ▁or ▁about ▁this ▁kingdom ▁surv ive ▁and ▁very ▁little ▁arch ae ological ▁work ▁has ▁taken ▁place . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁it ▁is ▁not ▁known ▁whether ▁D ʿ mt ▁ended ▁as ▁a ▁civil ization ▁before ▁A ks um ' s ▁early ▁stages , ▁evol ved ▁into ▁the ▁A ks um ite ▁state , ▁or ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁smaller ▁states ▁un ited ▁in ▁the ▁A ks um ite ▁kingdom ▁possibly ▁around ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 st ▁century . ▁ ▁Ax um ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁ver ifiable ▁kingdom ▁of ▁great ▁power ▁to ▁rise ▁in ▁E rit rea ▁and ▁Eth iop ia ▁was ▁that ▁of ▁Ax um ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 st ▁century ▁AD . ▁It ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁many ▁successor ▁kingdom s ▁to ▁D ʿ mt ▁and ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁un ite ▁the ▁E rit