A(u)xoume

settlement · 30 BC – 2100 AD

Present-day Aksum in Ethiopia. The center of the Aksumite Kingdom, a maritime trading power that flourished from the first to the tenth centuries AD. The city was listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.

Coordinates

14.13385, 38.72129

Also known as

Aksum (en), Aksum (en), Auxoume, Axoume, Axoumis (grc), Ἄξουμις (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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