{"slug": "kingdom-of-aksum", "label": "Kingdom of Aksum", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Aksum", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139377", "qid": "Q139377", "description": "trading nation in the area of Eritrea and Northern Ethiopia", "entries": 16, "years": 16, "span": [70, 960], "span_label": ["70 CE", "960 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Aksumite", "Aksumite Empire"], "related": [{"slug": "ethiopia", "label": "Ethiopia", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "yemen", "label": "Yemen", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "red-sea", "label": "Red Sea", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "arabian-peninsula", "label": "Arabian Peninsula", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "himyar", "label": "Himyar", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sasanian-empire", "label": "Sasanian Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "christianity", "label": "Christianity", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bishop", "label": "Bishop", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "muhammad", "label": "Muhammad", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-currency", "label": "Roman currency", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "saudi-arabia", "label": "Saudi Arabia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 70, "year_label": "70 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Ze-Hakèlé (Zoskales in Greek) becomes king of Aksum.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359120161#Africa", "title": "AD 70", "revid": 1359120161, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 270, "year_label": "270 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "The Kingdom of Aksum (modern Ethiopia) begins minting its own gold coins to facilitate international trade, following the model of Roman coinage.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358050431#Africa", "title": "270", "revid": 1358050431, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 274, "year_label": "274 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Kingdom of Aksum attains great prosperity thanks to its control of Red Sea trade.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1271086341#Africa", "title": "274", "revid": 1271086341, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 341, "year_label": "341 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Coptic Christianity is introduced into Ethiopia by the Syrian apostle Frumentius. He and his colleague Aedesius ware captured by Ethiopians a year or two ago, and have become civil servants at the Aksumite court of King Ezana. Ezana is impressed with Frumentius' teachings and converts to Christianity. Frumentius becomes the first Bishop of Axum and encourages the Christian merchants present in the country to practise their faith openly.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1317828287#Religion", "title": "341", "revid": 1317828287, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 500, "year_label": "500 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Kaleb of Axum, Aksumite king responsible for the destruction of Himyar", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361340160#Births", "title": "AD 500", "revid": 1361340160, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 505, "year_label": "505 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Saint Yared, Axumite composer (d. 571)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364907851#Births", "title": "505", "revid": 1364907851, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 521, "year_label": "521 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Ma`adikarib Ya`fur becomes king, supported by the Aksumites; he begins a military campaign against the Arabian tribes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340791992#Arabia", "title": "521", "revid": 1340791992, "section": "Events › By place › Arabia"}}, {"year": 522, "year_label": "522 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Dhu Nuwas seizes the throne of the Himyarite Kingdom in Yemen. He attacks the Aksumite garrison at Zafar, capturing the city and burning the churches.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340792002#Arabia", "title": "522", "revid": 1340792002, "section": "Events › By place › Arabia"}}, {"year": 525, "year_label": "525 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Kaleb, king of Aksum, collects a fleet and crosses from Africa to conquer Yemen. He establishes better trade ports on the Red Sea.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340792024#Africa", "title": "525", "revid": 1340792024, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 570, "year_label": "570 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Abraha, an Aksumite army general, Islamic tradition places his death immediately after his expedition to the Hejaz", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340800837#Deaths", "title": "570", "revid": 1340800837, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 571, "year_label": "571 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 20", "text": "May 20 – Saint Yared, Axumite composer (b. 505)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364751956#Deaths", "title": "571", "revid": 1364751956, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 574, "year_label": "574 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Persian Empire overthrows the Axumite- and Byzantine-affiliated regimes in Yemen (Arabian Peninsula).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349204925#Asia", "title": "574", "revid": 1349204925, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 615, "year_label": "615 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Several of Muhammad's followers begin to emigrate to the Aksumite Empire. They found a small colony there, under the protection of the Christian Ethiopian emperor Așhama ibn Abjar.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364752554#Religion", "title": "615", "revid": 1364752554, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 701, "year_label": "701 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "Muslims from the Arabian Peninsula destroy the then-Axum-controlled port of Adulis, thus causing the decline of Ethiopian Christianity on the African Red Sea coast (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806807#Arabian_Empire", "title": "701", "revid": 1340806807, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 702, "year_label": "702 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Ethiopian (Axumite) raiders occupy the port of Jeddah (modern Saudi Arabia).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807070#Arabian_Empire", "title": "702", "revid": 1340807070, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 960, "year_label": "960 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Kingdom of Aksum (modern Eritrea) is destroyed by Beta Israel invaders, under the leadership of Queen Gudit (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365272128#Africa", "title": "960", "revid": 1365272128, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}]}