{"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": 13, "years": 13, "span": [70, 960], "span_label": ["70 CE", "960 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "yemen", "label": "Yemen", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "ethiopia", "label": "Ethiopia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "arabian-peninsula", "label": "Arabian Peninsula", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "red-sea", "label": "Red Sea", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sassanid-empire", "label": "Sassanid Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "muhammad", "label": "Muhammad", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "saudi-arabia", "label": "Saudi Arabia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "africa", "label": "Africa", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "eritrea", "label": "Eritrea", "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": 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": "Exploration & Expansion", "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"}}]}