Time Line of Axum/Aksum
1000 B.C.
- according to legend, Menelik I, the son of King Solomon of Israel and Queen Makeda of Sheba, founds a Solomonic dynasty in Ethiopia (c. 930 B.C.)
800 B.C.
- Semetic speaking peoples from south Arabia cross the Red Sea and settle in Ethiopia (c. 750-500 B.C.)
300 B.C.
- Greek culture begins to influence Axum (c. 300 B.C.)
1 A.D.
- Zoskales, the earliest known king of Axum, rules (c. 50 A.D.)
100 A.D.
- the empire of Axum, modern day Ethiopia in Africa, expands control over the Red Sea ( c. 100 A.D. )
- Aksum becomes the royal capital (c. 150 A.D.)
300 A.D.
- Coptic Christian missionaries from Egypt and Syria reach Axum (341 A.D.)
- Axum conquers Kush and Nubia (c. 350 A.D.)
- King Ezana of Axum converts to Chrisianity (350 A.D.)
500 A.D.
- King Kaleb of Axum annexes Yemen (525 A.D.)
500 A.D.
- the rise of Islam cuts Axum off from its trading partners leading to its decline (c. 700 A.D.)
900 A.D.
- Yodit, a Jewish queen, defeats the last Axumite king, Del Na'od, and attempts to eradicate Christianity from Ethiopia (c. 900 A.D.)
- the Solomonic dynasty falls and is replaced by the Zagwe dynasty (916 A.D.)
1000 A.D.
- Axumite empire shattered as warlords vie for control (1140 A.D.)
- Solomnic dynasty resumes in Axum (1270 A.D.)