Abraha
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Abraha was an Aksumite viceroy of Himyar and a large part of Arabia for over 30 years in the 6th century. Originally a general in the Aksumite army that invaded Yemen around 525 CE, Abraha seized powe
14th-century Persian illustration of Abraha on his attempted destruction of the Kaaba, taken from a "Tarikhnama" (history book).
Kingdom of Aksum
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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
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…as Himyarite princes. It also recorded the restoration of the Marib Dam, and the hosting of an international conference in which delegations from the Kingdom of Aksum, the Sasanian Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Lakhmid Kingdom, and the Ghassanids came to Marib. The reason for this conference is not known. The…
King Endybis Ethiopia 227 235CE
The Obelisk of Axum
14th century Islamic portrayal of the First Hijrah
Ruins of Dungur in Aksum, Tigray Region, Ethiopia