The kingsofAxum ruled an important trading state in the area which is now Eritrea and northern Ethiopia, from 400 B.C–960 AD. Axum Lists of office-holders...
a church in Axum stating "This is the sepulchral stone of Bazen". He did however claim that this was the name of several Abyssinian kings, so he may not...
he left at Axum, as well as Ethiopian hagiographical sources and king lists, he refers to himself as the son of Tazena. Procopius, John of Ephesus, and...
queen Makeda (the Biblical Queen of Sheba) and king Solomon. The rulers that followed Menelik were the kingsofAxum, the Zagwe dynasty and the Solomonic...
(1270–1974) was descended from king Solomon and queen Makeda via the kingsofAxum. After Axum was destroyed by Gudit in the 10th century, the royal family fled...
c. 590) was a king ofAxum. He is primarily known through the coins minted during his reign. He is one of several Aksumite kings with a Biblical name...
consort and regent of the Kingdom ofAxum. She was married to king Ella Amida (Ousanas). She was widowed in c. 330, and her son, Ezana ofAxum, succeeded her...
Luzay or Laka was an ancient king of Aksum who is named on some Ethiopian regnal lists. This king appears on a regnal list quoted by Carlo Conti Rossini under...
Stuart Munro-Hay suggests that either Gersem or Armah were the last Aksumite Kings to issue coins. However, no gold coins belonging to Armah have been found...
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Ousanas (fl. 320) was a King ofAxum. Stuart Munro-Hay believes that it is "very likely" that Ousanas is the king to whom Aedesius and Frumentius were...
1974 when the last emperor was deposed. Earlier kingsof the Dʿmt, Axum and Zagwe kingdoms are listed separately due to numerous gaps and large flexibility...
The title "King ofKings", often rendered imprecisely in English as "emperor", dates back to ancient Mesopotamia, but was used in Axum by King Sembrouthes...
was a cousin of Gudit who succeeded her after several of her own family. Three inscriptions discovered in Axum mention the names of two kings, Dabra Ferem...
possess the Ark of the Covenant in Axum. The Ark is kept under guard in a treasury near the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion. Replicas of the tablets within...
by choosing the house of Jacob to reign as kings and to spread God's message. The author then describes Menelik's arrival at Axum, where he is feasted...
of the Cross") also known as Gabra Masqal was a King ofAxum who reigned in the 6th century. He was a son of Kaleb ofAxum and brother to Israel of Axum...
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over parts of modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea. The Book ofAxum claims that Ethiopis was the twelfth king of Ethiopia. The Book ofAxum also claims that...
that Najashi gave shelter to Muslim emigrants from Mecca, around 615–616 at Axum. The Najashi reigned for almost 17 years from 614–630 CE.[citation needed]...
This is a listof monoliths organized according to the size of the largest block of stone on the site. A monolith is a large stone which has been used...
unpublished chronicle from Axum states that Wedem Asfare was the grandfather of the infamous queen Gudit, who sacked Axum in the 10th century. According...
times. The beginning of a conversion process of the Kingdom ofAxum to Christianity is thought to have occurred with the arrival of two Syrian brothers...
ofAxum who reigned for half a day according to the traditional regnal lists. Ayzur reigned for a notably short time compared to other Axumite kings....
was an extra-biblical son of Cush, son of Ham, said to have founded the city ofAxum. In English, and generally outside of Ethiopia, the country was historically...
story of the Ethiopian Eunuch. Wakana (reigned 230 AD) – Reigned for 2 days. Ahywa Sofya (reigned 299–332 AD) – Likely based on Sofya ofAxum, mother of Ezana...