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    association of the name of Kaleb with the evangelization of this interior province of Aksum. Besides several inscriptions bearing his name, Axum also contains...
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    dominance in the Red Sea culminated during the reign of Kaleb of Axum (514–542), who, at the behest of the Byzantine Emperor Justin I, invaded the Himyarite...
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    Axum, also spelled Aksum (pronounced: /ˈɑːkˈsuːm/ ), is a town in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia with a population of 66,900 residents (as of 2015). It...
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    Gebre Meskel (category Kings of Axum)
    of the Cross") also known as Gabra Masqal was a King of Axum who reigned in the 6th century. He was a son of Kaleb of Axum and brother to Israel of Axum...
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    Abraha (category People from the kingdom of Aksum)
    family. Later, Abraha was either one of the commanders or a member of one of the armies led by King Kaleb of Axum against Dhu Nuwas. In al-Tabari's history...
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    Ousas (category Kings of Axum)
    king's name closely resemble those of King Kaleb of Axum, Stuart Munro-Hay suggests that Ousas may be another name of Tazena, who is described both in Ethiopian...
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    massacres of Christians by Dhū Nuwās, the Byzantine emperor Justin I sent a call to arms through the Patriarch of Alexandria Timothy IV, and Negus Kālēb decided...
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    ይስራኤል Yisrāʾēl, c. 590) was a king of Axum. He is primarily known through the coins minted during his reign. He is one of several Aksumite kings with a Biblical...
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    comment that he was "the most famous of the Aksumite kings before Kaleb." In early life he considered himself a son of Ares, but later inscriptions show...
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  • Abreha and Atsbeha (category People from the kingdom of Aksum)
    emerged from a confusion with two other religious Aksumite figures: Kaleb of Axum, whose throne name was Ella Atsbeha, and Abraha, an Aksumite general...
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  • by the Christian King Kaleb of Axum following his successful invasion on Himyar. Berkey, Jonathan P. (2003). The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society...
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    Kaleb of Axum invaded Himyar (modern-day Yemen) to aid and defend Christians under religious persecution. During these campaigns, several groups of soldiers...
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    Rome will be eclipsed by the power of Ethiopia, and describes how king Kaleb of Axum will subdue the Jews living in Najran, and make his younger son Gabra...
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    and as "Victor" (corresponding to Aksumite description under Kaleb of Axum), and made use of Trinitarian formulae, Abraha began to only describe Jesus as...
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    Battle of Teutoburg Forest. In 518, Negus Kaleb of Axum dispatched a punitive expedition against the Himyarite Kingdom in response to the persecution of Christians...
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    date). Kaleb of Axum, Aksumite king responsible for the destruction of Himyar Antalas, Berber tribal leader (approximate date) Aregund, queen of the Franks...
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  • Monotheism in pre-Islamic Arabia (category History of religion in Saudi Arabia)
    and as "Victor" (corresponding to Aksumite description under Kaleb of Axum), and made use of Trinitarian formulae, Abraha began to only describe Jesus as...
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  • defeated by an Ethiopian army. The emperor of Byzantium, Justin I, requested his ally, the Abyssinian ruler Kaleb of Axum, to invade Najran, kill Dhu-Nuwas, and...
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    Sembrouthes (category Kings of Axum)
    author of the Monumentum Adulitanum. The latter is an inscription at Adulis that Cosmas Indicopleustes made a copy of for king Kaleb of Axum. Discussing...
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    Poor Frumentius (Roman Catholic Church) Gaudiosus of Naples Kaleb of Axum Namatius (Namace) Oran of Iona October 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Černová...
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    Christian Kaleb of Axum, who had dispatched military contingents to fight against the Judaizing Dhu Nuwas of the Arabian peninsula kingdom of Himyar banished...
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  • Christianity in pre-Islamic Arabia (category History of Christianity in Saudi Arabia)
    and as "Victor" (corresponding to Aksumite description under Kaleb of Axum), and made use of Trinitarian formulae, Abraha began to only describe Jesus as...
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    and encouraged Kaleb of Axum to occupy Yemen and eliminate the Jewish king. Dhu al-Nawas was later deposed and killed, prompting Kaleb to appoint a native...
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  • Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also This is a List of battles from 301 A.D...
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    Christian Kaleb of Axum, who had dispatched military contingents to fight against the Judaizing Dhu Nuwas of the Arabian peninsula kingdom of Himyar banished...
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    This is a partial list of canonised saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, a saint is defined as anyone who is in heaven...
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    of Corsica, of Tunisia Kaleb of Axum (Elesbaan), of Ethiopia Lucius of Cyrene, of Libya Marciana of Mauretania, of Algeria Macarius of Alexandria, of...
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  • Ayzur (category Kings of Axum)
    occurred. It is only certain that he reigned at some point between Kaleb of Axum in the early 6th century and Dil Na'od in the 10th century. The 1922...
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    bishop of Autun (4th century) Saint Kaleb of Axum, king (542) Saint Severin of Sanseverino, Bishop of Settempeda (545) Saint Hilary of Galeata (Hilary of Tuscany)...
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  • grandson of Penda, king of Mercia Rusticus, 5th century Archbishop of Lyon, son of Aquilinus, a Gallo-Roman nobleman Saizana, brother of King Ezana of Axum Sæthryth...
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