Ethiopia and Eritrea have historical, cultural, religious as well as linguistic similarities. They are the ones who created the ancient Kingdom of Aksum and embraced the religions of Christianity and Islam from the earliest times. Both also contributed a lot for trade modernization in the world during ancient times as they used to sell and buy various commodities across the world since time immemorial.
When comes to contemporary history, Ethiopians and Eritreans played major and irreplaceable roles in putting an end in toppling down the military junta Derg.
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