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Conflict Middle East

Aksumite Conquest of Kush

330 CE – 350 CE · 20 years

King Ezana of Aksum invaded the declining Kingdom of Kush, sacking Meroë and campaigning against the Noba and 'red Noba'. The campaign ended Kushite power and extended Aksumite influence over the upper Nile.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Kingdom of Aksum (King Ezana)
  • Kingdom of Kush / Noba peoples

Key moments

Defining events in the Aksumite Conquest of Kush.

  1. c. 330 CE Sack of Meroë
  2. c. 350 CE Campaign against the Noba at the Nile–Atbara confluence
  3. c. 350 CE Campaign against the Red Noba

Elsewhere in Middle East at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Church of the Holy Sepulchre

335 CE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Meroe

Attested 500 BCE – 400 CE

Trade route · Middle East

Mediterranean Southern Route

331 BCE – 1500 CE

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Aksumite–Himyarite Wars

270 CE – 525 CE

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Great Pyramid of Giza

2560 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Egypt

Attested 3000 BCE – 2026 CE

Trade route · Middle East

Maritime Silk Road – Red Sea Branch

200 BCE – 1500 CE

Landmark · Middle East

Petra

300 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 330 CE and 350 CE.

335 CE Church of the Holy Sepulchre 330 CE Constantinople 335 CE Gupta Campaigns of Samudragupta

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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