Aksum was established in the beginning of the pre-Axumite period.
500 BCE
The peoples who settled in the region around Aksum in about 500 BCE seem to have been a mixture of Semites from Yemen and settlers from the empire of Kush.
Period: 200 BCE to 650
Aksum was a kingdom located in present-day Eritrea and northern Ethiopia.
Period: 100 to 600
Aksum dominated Ethiopian and Eritrean
200
Aksum began to make coins of gold, silver, and copper that made it easier to trade with other lands.
320
Ksum straddled Africa and Asia, from southern Egypt to the Gulf of Adan to the Kushite Kingdom of Meroë.
325
Ezana, the leader of Aksum, a powerful kingdom and important trade center in present-day Ethiopia, converts to Christianity and makes it the official religion of his kingdom.
325
A force under King Ezana marched north to destroy the Kushite capital of Meroë.
500
the most powerful kings of the northeast African state of Aksum in the sixth century CE was Caleb who was also known as Kaleb Ella Atsbeha
517
Yusuf asar a himyarite king embraced Judaism against both the Aksumite presence and Christianity
525
caleb launched a large scale campaign.The outcome was that Yusuf Asar Yathar was killed and christianity and Aksumite influence in Himyar were protected
525
King Kaleb sent a large force to Najran on the arabian peninsula to avenge a massacre of christians.
600
The Persians had permanently driven the Aksumites off the Arabian Peninsula.
800
Aksum lost its political superiority in the Ethiopian plateau, the coastal plains, and the Red Sea.
1137
The emperor of Aksum was overthrew by leader Lasta.
