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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The Obelisk of Axum (Tigrinya: ሓወልቲ ኣኽሱም, romanized: ḥawelti Akhsum; Amharic: የአክሱም ሐውልት, romanized: Ye’Åksum ḥāwelt) is a 4th-century CE, 24-metre (79 ft)...
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Kingdom of Aksum (redirect from Kingdom of Axum)
Ancient Greek: Ἀξωμίτης, romanized: Axōmítēs) also known as the Kingdom of Axum, or the Aksumite Empire, was a kingdom in East Africa and South Arabia from...
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Caleb, was his given name. On both his coins and inscriptions he left at Axum, as well as Ethiopian hagiographical sources and king lists, he refers to...
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Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion (redirect from Axum Cathedral)
The church is located in the town of Axum, Tigray Region in northern Ethiopia, near the grounds of Obelisks of Axum. The original church is believed to...
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Axum may refer to: Axum, a city in northern Ethiopia also sometimes spelt as Aksum Kingdom of Aksum, a nation in northeastern Africa in the first millennium...
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submarine Axum was an Adua-class submarine built in the 1930s, serving in the Regia Marina during World War II. She was named after an ancient city of Axum in...
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Bazen was a king of Axum who reigned beginning in 8 B.C. according to various Ethiopian regnal lists in E.C. and around 1 B.C.-16 A.D in G.E.. Ethiopian...
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The Book of Axum (Ge'ez መጽሐፈ ፡ አክሱም maṣḥafa aksūm, Amharic: meṣhafe aksūm, Tigrinya: meṣḥafe aksūm, Latin: Liber Axumae) is the name accepted since the...
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List of abunas of Ethiopia (redirect from Patriarch-Catholicos of Axum)
officially as His Holiness Patriarch and Catholicos of Ethiopia, Archbishop of Axum and Ichege of the See of St. Tekle Haymanot. The current Abuna, Mathias,...
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Donna Axum (January 3, 1942 – November 4, 2018) was an American beauty pageant winner, author, television executive producer, philanthropist and model...
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in Meroë around 300. Moreover, some view the stela as military aid from Axum to Meroë to quell the revolt and rebellion by the Nuba. However, conclusive...
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Axum Airport (Tigrinya: ኣኽሱም ዮሃንስ ራብዓይ መዕረፍ ነፈርቲ) (IATA: AXU, ICAO: HAAX), also known as Emperor Yohannes IV Airport, is a public airport serving Axum...
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located 2 Kilometres west of Axum. A German expedition in 1906 discovered walls and a room at the site. The clergy of Axum collected bones that were alleged...
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The Axum massacre (alternatively spelled Aksum, also called the Maryam Ts'iyon massacre) was a massacre of about 100–800 civilians that took place in Axum...
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Gersem (c. 600) was a King of the Kingdom of Aksum in Northeast Africa. He is primarily known through the Aksumite currency that was minted during his...
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WZB (early 4th century), vocalized by historians as Wazeba, was a Negus of the Kingdom of Aksum, centered in the highlands of modern Ethiopia and Eritrea...
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mentioned in the Book of the Himyarites as leading a military expedition from Axum across the Red Sea into South Arabia; Stuart Munro-Hay notes that the "difference...
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The kings of Axum ruled an important trading state in the area which is now northern Ethiopia and Eritrea, from 400 BC to 960 AD. Various regnal lists...
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Axum (previously codenamed Maestro) is a domain-specific concurrent programming language, based on the Actor model, that was under active development by...
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Wazena (mid-6th century) was a King of the Kingdom of Aksum. He is primarily known through the Aksumite currency that was minted during his reign. Without...
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regent of the Kingdom of Axum. She was married to king Ella Amida (Ousanas). She was widowed in c. 330, and her son, Ezana of Axum, succeeded her dead husband...
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Luzay King of Axum Reign 13 B.C.-1 B.C. Predecessor Nalke Successor Bazen...
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Za Haqala was an ancient King of Axum. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea mentions Za Haqala as the same person as Zoskales, the King of Adulis in the...
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The first mention of Axum in Roman texts was written by an anonymous sea captain, Periplus of Eruthraean Sea. Periplus mentioned Axum and its location on...
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Migration to Abyssinia (redirect from Migration to Axum)
The migration to Abyssinia (Arabic: الهجرة إلى الحبشة, romanized: al-hijra ʾilā al-habaša), also known as the First Hijra (الهجرة الأولى, al-hijrat al'uwlaa)...
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Aksum University (redirect from Axum University)
University in Axum, Tigray Region, Ethiopia...
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List of Star Trek characters (A–F) (redirect from Axum (Star Trek))
Unimatrix Zero trying to find a way to destroy it for good, Axum contacts Seven of Nine to help them. Axum gets a chance to rekindle their love until Unimatrix...
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English as "emperor", dates back to ancient Mesopotamia, but was used in Axum by King Sembrouthes (c. 250 AD). However, Yuri Kobishchanov dates this usage...
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was descended from king Solomon and queen Makeda via the kings of Axum. After Axum was destroyed by Gudit in the 10th century, the royal family fled to...
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