Aksumite Empire

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ancient African kingdom civilization historical empire

The Aksumite Empire was a powerful ancient African kingdom centered in what is now northern Ethiopia and Eritrea, renowned for its monumental stelae, early adoption of Christianity, and extensive Red Sea trade networks.

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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Aksumite Empire canonical 17
Kingdom of Aksum 16
Aksumite Kingdom 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient African kingdom ⓘ
civilization ⓘ
historical empire ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Aksumite Empire ⓘ
surface form: Axumite Empire

Aksumite Empire ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Aksum
approximateEnd 7th century CE ⓘ
early 8th century CE ⓘ
approximateStart 1st century CE ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Aksum stelae field ⓘ
capital Aksumite Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Aksum
continent Africa ⓘ
controlledTerritory parts of Sudan ⓘ
parts of Yemen ⓘ
convertedToChristianityUnder Ezana of Aksum ⓘ
coreTerritory Eritrea ⓘ
northern Ethiopia ⓘ
culturalLegacy Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopian Orthodox Church

Ethiopian imperial tradition ⓘ
currency bronze coins ⓘ
gold coins ⓘ
silver coins ⓘ
floruit 3rd century CE ⓘ
4th century CE ⓘ
language Geʽez ⓘ
locatedIn Horn of Africa ⓘ
notableFor Geʽez inscriptions ⓘ
Red Sea–Mediterranean–Indian Ocean shipping route ⓘ
surface form: Red Sea trade networks

coinage ⓘ
early adoption of Christianity ⓘ
monumental stelae ⓘ
politicalSystem monarchy ⓘ
region Eritrean Highlands ⓘ
Tigray region ⓘ
surface form: Tigray
religion Christianity ⓘ
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity
stateReligionAdopted 4th century CE ⓘ
successor Zagwe dynasty ⓘ
tradeGood frankincense ⓘ
gold ⓘ
ivory ⓘ
myrrh ⓘ
slaves ⓘ
tradePartner Byzantine Empire ⓘ
India ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
Southern Arabia ⓘ
surface form: South Arabia
tradeRoute Indian Ocean ⓘ
Red Sea ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRelatedSite Aksum ⓘ
writingSystem Geʽez script ⓘ

Referenced by (50)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ethiopia → ancientCivilization → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
Ethiopia → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aksum
Kingdom of Meroë → successor → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Aksum
Kingdom of Meroë → conqueredBy → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Aksum
Ge'ez → historicalRegion → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
Ge'ez → periodOfFlourishing → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aksumite period
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church → christianizationOf → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Aksum
Aksumite Empire → alsoKnownAs → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Aksum
Aksumite Empire → alsoKnownAs → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Axumite Empire
Aksumite Empire → capital → Aksumite Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aksum
Northeast Africa → hasHistoricalRegion → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aksumite Empire core area
Ethiopian Empire → predecessorState → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Aksum
Saint Yared → countryOfCitizenship → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
Saint Yared → placeOfBirth → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Aksum
Saint Yared → associatedWith → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
Geez → historicalRegion → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Geʽez
Himyar → neighbor → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
Himyar → conflictWith → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aksumite Kingdom
Himyar → influencedBy → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aksumite culture
Tigray-Tigrinya people → historicalReligion → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: early Christian kingdom of Aksum
Negus of Abyssinia → country → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Aksum
Negus of Abyssinia → partOf → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
Negus of Abyssinia → governedPeople → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aksumites
Hijra to Abyssinia → tookPlaceIn → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Aksum
King Lalibela → predecessorDynasty → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
Zagwe dynasty → predecessor → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
St. Frumentius (Abba Salama) → countryOfActivity → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: St. Frumentius
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Aksum
St. Frumentius (Abba Salama) → introducedReligionTo → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: St. Frumentius
Ethiopian literature → hasInfluenceFrom → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
Ge'ez Bible → culturalContext → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Axumite civilization
Ezana of Aksum → country → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Aksum
Aksum stelae field → associatedWith → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Aksum
Aksum stelae field → culture → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aksumite civilization
Aksum stelae field → laterReligionAssociated → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian Aksumite kingdom
Ethiopian Semitic → historicalCenter → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
Geʽez → historicalPeriodOfUse → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Aksum
Kingdom of Kush → followedBy → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Aksum
Aksum → partOf → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
Aksum → capitalOf → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
Saba → engagedWith → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aksumite Kingdom
Yared → countryOfCitizenship → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Aksum
Northern Ethiopia → historicalCenterOf → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
Destruction of the Army of the Elephant → associatedWithKingdom → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aksumite Kingdom
Abraha → countryOfOrigin → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Aksum
Abraha → culture → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aksumite
Abraha → politicalAllegiance → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
Qohaito → flourishedDuring → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
Qohaito → associatedWith → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aksumite civilization
Metera → period → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aksumite period
Metera → associatedWith → Aksumite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Aksum