| He endured oven-like heat, thirst and exhaustion to reach Aksum, the ancient kingdom where the Ark of the Covenant is said to be housed. |
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| In the first century AD, the Kingdom of Aksum emerged in what is now northern Ethiopia and Eritrea. |
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| According to the medieval Book of Aksum, the kingdom's first capital, Mazaber, was built by Itiyopis, son of Cush. |
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| Aksum would later at times extend its rule into Yemen on the other side of the Red Sea. |
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| The Persian religious figure Mani listed Aksum with Rome, Persia, and China as one of the four great powers of his era, during the 3rd century. |
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| The remaining major powers confronting Rome were the Kingdom of Aksum, Parthia and the Hunnic Empire. |
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| The Kingdom of Aksum was a trading empire centered in Eritrea and northern Ethiopia. |
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| Aksum was at the time ruled by Zoskales, who also governed the port of Adulis. |
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| It was a Syrian merchant, Frumentius, who is credited with converting Ezana, the Negus of the powerful northern Ethiopian state of Aksum. |
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| Aksum invaded South Arabia several times during late antiquity, the invasions of 518 and 525 in the reign of the Aksumite king Kaleb being the main focus of this dissertation. |
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| The Kingdom of Aksum was a major regional power in the Horn of Africa. |
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