the Aksumite Empire

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ancient empire
gptkbp:architecturalStyle Aksumite_architecture
gptkbp:availableIn Islamic_expansion
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Aksum
gptkbp:contributedTo spread_of_Christianity_in_Africa
gptkbp:culturalInfluence gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:India
gptkb:Nubia
gptkbp:developedBy 940 AD
100_AD
gptkbp:famousFor obelisks
gptkbp:finish 940 AD
gptkbp:governmentType monarchy
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Periplus_of_the_Erythraean_Sea
gptkb:Ptolemy's_Geography
Classical antiquity
Roman_accounts
Arab_traders'_accounts
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first major empire in East Africa
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label the Aksumite Empire
gptkbp:influencedBy Arabian_trade
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Christianity
coinage
architecture
trade routes
gptkbp:language gptkb:Ge'ez
gptkbp:legacy influence_on_Ethiopian_culture
influence_on_Christianity_in_Ethiopia
influence_on_architecture_in_Ethiopia
influence_on_trade_in_the_Red_Sea
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Ethiopia
gptkbp:notableArtists gptkb:King_Menelik_II
gptkb:King_Ezana
gptkbp:notableEvent expansion of territory
establishment of trade relations
construction of obelisks
development of written language
conversion_to_Christianity
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Church_of_St._Mary_of_Zion
gptkb:Aksumite_coins
Aksum Obelisk
Aksumite stelae
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:sells gold
spices
textiles
ivory
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Medieval_Kingdom_of_Ethiopia