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| Kingdom of Aksum | Nubian and Ethiopian | |
|---|---|---|
| Dates | 4th century BCE – 960 CE | Dates unknown |
| Duration | 1,360 years | — |
| Kind | Polity | Culture sphere |
| Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Culture spheres | Nubian and Ethiopian | — |
| Linked events | 19 | 0 |
| Most common event | Construction | — |
| Borders recorded | 50 BCE – 946 CE | — |
| Preceded by | — | — |
| Succeeded by | — | — |
About Kingdom of Aksum
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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