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Abraha's rebellion against Kaleb
Abraha's rebellion against Kaleb was the seizure of power in Himyar around 532–535 by Abraha, an Aksumite general who overthrew Kaleb's client king and ruled independently for over 30 years.
Battle of Hadhramaut
The Battle of Hadhramaut was the Sasanian Persian conquest of Yemen around 570 AD, ending roughly fifty years of Aksumite rule; Persian occupation lasted about sixty years, until 632.
Christianization of Aksum
The Christianization of Aksum, or Conversion of Ezana, was King Ezana's adoption of Christianity as Aksum's official religion in the 330s–340s AD, among the first such kingdoms.
Cosmas Indicopleustes at Adulis
Cosmas Indicopleustes at Adulis records the sixth-century visit of the Alexandrian merchant Cosmas to Adulis, Aksum's Red Sea port, where he copied two Greek royal inscriptions.
Decline of Aksum
The decline of Aksum was the gradual weakening of the Aksumite kingdom in Ethiopia and Eritrea from the late sixth century, as Red Sea trade was lost.
Embassy of Julian
The Embassy of Julian was a diplomatic mission sent by Byzantine emperor Justinian I under ambassador Julian to Aksum and Himyar, seeking an alliance against Persia.
Embassy of Nonnosus
The Embassy of Nonnosus was a Byzantine diplomatic mission sent by Emperor Justinian I around 530/31 to the Aksumite court in Ethiopia and Himyar in South Arabia, seeking an alliance against Persia.
Expedition to Punt
The expedition to Punt was a trading voyage sent by pharaonic Egypt to Punt, a land rich in incense and gold, first recorded around 2500 BCE.
Ezana's campaign against the Beja
Ezana's campaign against the Beja was a 4th-century military expedition by King Ezana of Aksum against the Beja nomads who had rebelled and attacked trading caravans.
Ezana's conquest of Meroe
Ezana's conquest of Meroe, also called the Conquest of Meroe by Ezana, was King Ezana of Aksum's campaign against the Noba and Kushites around 350, ending the Meroitic kingdom.
Fall of Aksum
The Fall of Aksum, or Sack of Aksum by Gudit, is the traditional destruction of the Ethiopian capital Aksum around 960 by the tenth-century non-Christian queen Gudit.
Gudit's sack of Aksum
Gudit's sack of Aksum is the tenth-century burning of Aksum and extermination of its royal family by the queen Gudit (Yodit, Esato), traditionally ending Aksumite rule until the dynasty's restoration around 1270.
Introduction of Aksumite coinage
The introduction of Aksumite coinage was the start of minting under King Endubis in the late 3rd century AD, the only ancient coinage south of the Sahara.
Punt expedition of Mentuhotep III
A trading expedition sent by Egyptian king Mentuhotep III around 2003 BC, led by the steward Henu to bring fresh incense from the land of Punt.
Punt expedition of Ramesses III
The Punt expedition of Ramesses III was a 12th-century BC Egyptian Red Sea trading voyage to Punt, known almost entirely from the Great Harris Papyrus I as the last historical record of the trade.
Rise of Aksum
The rise of Aksum was the emergence, around the 1st century AD, of the kingdom of Aksum in the northern Ethiopian highlands and central Eritrea.