It derives its name from the dangers attending its navigation, or, according to an Arab legend, from the numbers who were drowned by the earthquake which separated Asia and Africa. It is both strategically important and one of the world's busiest shipping lanes.
The distance across is about 20 miles (30 km) from Ras Menheli on the Arabian coast to Ras Siyan on the African. The island of Perim, divides the strait into two channels, of which the eastern, known as the Bab Iskender (Alexander's Strait), is 2 miles (3 km) wide and 16 fathoms (30 m) deep, while the western, or Dact-el-Mayun, has a width of about 16 miles (25 km) and a depth of 170 fathoms (310 m). Near the African coast lies a group of smaller islands known as the "Seven Brothers." There is a surface current inwards in the eastern channel, but a strong under-current outwards in the western channel.
The Bab el-Mandeb (Bab al-Mandab) strait (12° 40” North, 43° 20” East) separates Africa (Djibouti and Eritrea), and Asia (Yemen), and connects the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean via the Gulf of Aden.
Bab Al-Mandab gained additional strategic importance as a result of the events of September 11, 2001.
El sistema de escritura etiópico o antiguo abisinio es consonántico y tuvo su origen hacia el 350 d.
El rey aksumita, Ezana, fue el que según la tradición, se convirtió al cristianismo bajo el ministerio de Frumencio, a quien se considera el inventor del alfabeto etiópico.
El problema es si el alfabeto etiópico antiguo fue una gradual transformación de la escritura semítica meridional o una deliberada obra de un individuo.
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