1st century - 960 : Aksum Empire (jan 1, 1 – jan 1, 960)

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The Kingdom of Aksum also known as the Kingdom of Axum, or the Aksumite Empire, was a kingdom in East Africa and South Arabia from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages. Based in what is now northern Ethiopia and Eritrea, and spanning present-day Djibouti and Sudan, it extended at its height into much of South Arabia during the reign of Kaleb of Axum. Aksumite under Kaleb invaded Southern Arabia and Yemen from 520 and controlled it until 525 when Sumyafa Ashwa was deposed by Abraha.


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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Aksum#Decline

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