The kushite capital was eventually captured and burnt to the ground by the kingdom of axum. Like this timeline, looking forward to seeing more. Axum was nothing but a barbarian kingdom on the edge of civilization. Timeline of the kingdom of aksum by tserry myers on prezi. A timeline created with timetoasts interactive timeline maker. The legendary kingdom of kush, with its capitals in what is now northern sudan, helped define the political and cultural landscape of. Eastern african kingdom of aksum timeline created by justintommyjordan.
The became the center of trade in east africa, trading necessities such as turtle shells, ivory, obsidian, rhino horns, emeralds, cattle and gold. Aksum was regarded as one of the superpowers of its time together with persia, china and rome. During this time, goods from all over the ancient world were traded in aksum. Trade not only was a major part of the lives of the aksumite people, it is defined as what made them the trading staple theyre known as today. Axum reached its peak with its robust maritime trade with india, arabia, egypt and the roman empire. Ethiopia time line chronological timetable of events. The empire of axum is notable for a number of achievements, such as its own alphabet, the geez alphabet which was eventually modified to include vowels, becoming an abugida. It covers an area of 44,310 sqm and is home to about 11 million people. Aksum was the name of a city and a kingdom which is essentially modernday northern ethiopia tigray province and eritrea. The kingdom of aksum or axum, also known as the aksumite empire and abyssinia, was an important trading nation in northeastern africa, existing from approximately 100940 ad.
Fiery roaring brands swept by the wind, missing whole compounds. Axum adopted christianity around 325 ce under the powerful king ezana as well, connecting it culturally to a growing number of christian kingdoms. Axum le provides a variety of 2d plotting capabilities that give you complete control over. Around 356 ce, its ruler was converted to christianity by frumentius. Foundations of aksumite civilization and its christian. The axum had a language geez used in present day ethiopian and eritrean orthodox churches. The important ancient rulers of axum presentation software. The name comes from the fact that the founders of the kingdom were kikongo speaking people, and the spelling of congo with a c comes from the portuguese translation. Aksum was an ancient name of ethiopia, also known as abyssinia. The kingdom of aksum article ethiopia khan academy.
Timeline bce arab peoples crossed the red sea into. Teodros becomes king of ethiopia with a program to conquer. Aksum developed a civilization and empire whose influence, at its height in the 4th and 5th centuries c. Later, under the reign of the emperor kaleb, axum was a quasially of byzantium against the sasanian empire which had adopted zoroastrianism. Immense wealth moved through adulis, aksum s main port. Map showing aksum with ethiopia, sudan, the red sea, arabia, persia, india and ceylon. Aksum, powerful kingdom in northern ethiopia during the early christian era.
It was part of a program to counter the tigrayan peoples liberation front tplf. But it was a good way to introduce the kingdom of axum, a powerful state from 100940 ce in africa, near modernday ethiopia. Restrictions of axum le compared to full versions of the axum software. The kingdom of axum is described as one of the four greatest powers of the world between the first and seventh centuries because of the kingdom s wealth. The aksum kingdom is sometimes known as the axumite civilization. Kingdom of kongo 90 1914 south african history online. When the kingdom of aksum was first formed, there were several kingdoms that made their wealth from trade, kingdoms like kush. Arabs invade eritrea and destroy the axumite empire. The kingdom of aksum emerged from the port city of adulis at the turn of the 3rd century, when the unnamed conqueror of the monumentum adulitanum conquered far inland and established a new capital at aksum, in the geographic center of his new empire within the land of the aua. The rise and fall of aksum history in the horn of africa.
Ksum straddled africa and asia, from southern egypt to the gulf of adan to the kushite kingdom of meroe. The republic of benin is a small west african country. Emy verstraete zoskales ezana thought to be the first king of axum claimed that he conquered the lands to the south and southwest of what is now tigray controlled the red sea coast from sawakin south to the present day djibouti and berbera areas axum was the. Aksum axum is perhaps most renowned internationally for its enormous. Research shows that aksum was a major naval and trading power from the 1st to the 7th centuries c. Bc 200,000 years ago homo sapiens emerged out of ethiopia 6000 bc agriculture is developed leading to an age of settlement in the region 600 bc the kingdom of dmt is established in northern ethiopia, and becomes a mecca of trade in ivory, gold, silver, and slaves to arab merchants 500 bc the kingdom of aksum is formed 300 bc trade route courses are. The kingdom of aksum or axum, also known as the aksumite empire, was a trading nation in the area of eritrea and northern ethiopia, which existed from approximately 100940 ad. After a second golden age in the early 6th century, the empire began to decline, eventually ceasing its production of coins in the early 7th century. The kingdom of axum really started to take off around 350 ce. Kingdom of ife, the yoruba nation, ileife, nigeria. The largest ethnic group in benin is fondahomey which constitutes 39% of the total population. The kings of axum zuma ruled an important trading nation in the area which is now eritrea and northern ethiopia, from approximately 100940 ad. The african kingdom of axum also aksum, located on the northern edge of the highland zone of the red sea coast, just above the horn of africa, was founded in the 1st century ce, flourished from the 3rd to 6th century ce, and then survived as a much smaller political entity into the 8th century ce.
Aksum was first mentioned in a greek guidebook written around a. King ousanas 500 ce 600 800 200 the religion of islam start to conquer most of the area in the mediterranean in 632 ce head down to the area where the east african kingdom of aksum strives struggles timeline of the kingdom. Axum empire thought to be founded by semiticspeaking sabaeans who crossed red sea from south arabia modern yemen coins introduced approx. Located approximately 30 miles southwest of yeha, the fertile hatsebo plain where aksumite civilization originated began to be populated in the fourth to third centuries b. Kids learn about the history of the kingdom of aksum also called axum in east africa or modernday ethiopia and eritrea including king ezana, important trade ports, christianity, culture, facts, and architecture. Axumite emperors were powerful sovereigns, styling themselves king of kings, king of aksum, himyar, raydan, saba, salhen, tsiyamo, beja and of kush. In 300ad, the axum overthrew the meroe kingdom rulers and became the center of commerce and trade in northeast africa. Kingdom was founded around 90 ce through the political marriage of nima a nzima, of the mpemba. Aksum also spelled axum or aksoum is the name of a powerful urban iron age kingdom in ethiopia that flourished between the first century bc and the 7th8th centuries ad. The african kingdom of axum also aksum, located on the northern edge of the highland zone of the red sea coast, just above the horn of. Mathsoft axum 7 overview and full product specs on cnet.
Because im lazy i will just link you to their wikipedia page, at the bottom is a list of sources bibliography and notes where you could read more about the kingdom. Axum adept scientific software, solutions, services. Axum was the centre of the marine trading power known as the aksumite empire, which predated the earliest mentions in romanera writings. It is often referred to as nubia and had close ties to. The kingdom of axum impacted the people of egypt, southern arabia, europe and asia because they people from these countries travelled to axum for trade and as a result, the kingdom prospered.
It was under king ezana that aksum conquered the kingdom of kush, destroying the city of meroe. He wanted his kingdom to be very powerful, lasting for many years. Furthermore, in the early times of the empire, around 1700 years ago, giant obelisks to mark emperors tombs were constructed, the most famous of which is the obelisk of axum. Aksum begins interfering in south arabian affairs c. The kingdom of kongo was a large kingdom in the western part of central africa.
Even though aksum is considered to be the first genuine trading nation. Axum le provides a variety of 2d plotting capabilities that give you complete control over all aspects of the plotting process, so you can p. The kingdom of aksum or axum, also known as the aksumite empire, was a trading nation in the area of northern ethiopia and eritrea. Axum le for windows is a limited edition of axum 6. Daily life in aksum aksum was a powerful and wealthy ancient kingdom. An ebook reader can be a software application for use on a computer. The kingdom of aksum powerpoint made for school last year 9th grade, 2009. During this time, aksum expanded its territory and became a major trade center. Eastern african kingdom of aksum timeline timetoast. After a relatively uneventful twoyear tour of the empire, ouazebas tasked his younger twin brothers to visit persia and rome and. Northwest of axum in modern day sudan, the christian states of maqurra and alwa lasted until the th century before becoming islamic. Axum had already established some form of dominance over yemen then called himyar in southern arabia as well as somalia in the southeast, modernday ethiopia, eritrea, sudan, and several smaller tribes to the southwest. Brief history of the axumite kingdom in ethiopia global. Despite common belief to the contrary, aksum did not originate from one of the semitic sabaean kingdoms of southern arabia but instead developed as a local power.