State

Kingdom of Aksum

trading nation in the area of Eritrea and Northern Ethiopia

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400 BCE – 960 CE
Founded
400 BCE
Ended
960 CE
Capital
Axum
Government
feudal monarchy, monarchy

Overview

The Kingdom of Aksum, or the Aksumite Empire, was a kingdom in the Horn of Africa and South Arabia from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages, based in what is now Eritrea and Northern Ethiopia, and spanning present-day Djibouti, Sudan, Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Emerging from the earlier Dʿmt civilization, the kingdom was founded in the 1st century. The city of Axum served as the kingdom's capital.

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All rulers (22)

  1. Zoskales100–200 CE
  2. GDRT200–230 CE
  3. `DBH230–240 CE
  4. Sembrouthes240–260 CE
  5. DTWNS260–270 CE
  6. Endubis270–300 CE
  7. Aphilas300–310 CE
  8. Ousanas320–333 CE
  9. Ezana of Axum325–356 CE
  10. Wazeba of Axum333–356 CE
  11. Alla Amidas432–439 CE
  12. Ebana439–450 CE
  13. Nezool450–486 CE
  14. Ousas486–493 CE
  15. Kaléb514–534 CE
  16. Wazena550–570 CE
  17. W`ZB570–580 CE
  18. Ioel580–585 CE
  19. Hataz585–590 CE
  20. Israel of Axum590–600 CE
  21. Gersem600–614 CE
  22. Armah614–630 CE

Records (8)

  1. 270–272 CE — Himyarite-Axumite WarWar
  2. 350 CE — Battle of AtbaraBattle · Axum ▸ Meroe
  3. 518–525 CE — Aksumite invasion of HimyarInvasion
  4. 523–525 CE — Siege of NajranSiege
  5. 525 CE — Battle of ZabidBattle · Aksum ▸ Saba
  6. 526–532 CE — Iberian WarWar
  7. 570–578 CE — Aksumite–Persian WarsCampaign
  8. 570 CE — Aksumite siege of MeccaSiege

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