Africa (6th–10th c.)

Africa beyond Egypt from Justinian’s reconquest of the Maghreb to the year 1000: Byzantine Africa and the Berber kingdoms, Aksum and its Red Sea wars, the Christian kingdoms of Nubia, the Arab conquest of the Maghreb, the trans-Saharan trade and the rise of Ghana, and the Swahili coast.

4 events · 2 regions · Africa, Middle East and Egypt

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Events

• Cosmas Indicopleustes copies the inscriptions of Adulisbetween 518 and 525 · Africa
• Aksumite invasions of Himyar518 – between 525 and 530 · Middle East and Egypt
• Reign of Kaleb of Aksumbetween 510 and 514 – between 530 and 542 · Africa
• Christianization of the Nubian kingdoms543–580 · Africa

Key participants

Sources

1. Wikipedia (English): Kingdom of Aksum
2. Wikipedia (English): Makuria
3. Wikipedia (English): Ghana Empire
4. Wikipedia (Russian): Аксумское царство
5. Wikipedia (Russian): Макурия
6. Wikipedia (Russian): Империя Гана

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