Territorial change of Kingdom of Aksum (Kingdom of Axum)

“Kingdom of Aksum”(Kingdom of Axum) — appears in this map’s data from 50 BC to AD 946. Its territory was largest in AD 534 – 601, at ≈ 393 thousand km².

Territory by period

Period	Area
50 BC – AD 237	≈ 97 thousand km²
AD 238 – 352	≈ 133 thousand km²
AD 353 – 533	≈ 97 thousand km²
AD 534 – 601	≈ 393 thousand km²
AD 602 – 805	≈ 97 thousand km²
AD 806 – 935	≈ 97 thousand km²
AD 936 – 946	≈ 97 thousand km²

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 534 – 601 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame (first 150 frames shown, 172 in total).

Frame	Area	Rank
50 BC	≈ 97 thousand km²	18 of 46
49 BC	≈ 97 thousand km²	18 of 46
48 BC	≈ 97 thousand km²	18 of 46
46 BC	≈ 97 thousand km²	17 of 45
44 BC	≈ 97 thousand km²	17 of 45
42 BC	≈ 97 thousand km²	17 of 45
41 BC	≈ 97 thousand km²	17 of 45
40 BC	≈ 97 thousand km²	17 of 45
36 BC	≈ 97 thousand km²	17 of 49
31 BC	≈ 97 thousand km²	17 of 49
30 BC	≈ 97 thousand km²	17 of 49
27 BC	≈ 97 thousand km²	14 of 47
25 BC	≈ 97 thousand km²	13 of 44
19 BC	≈ 97 thousand km²	14 of 44
14 BC	≈ 97 thousand km²	14 of 44
AD 1	≈ 97 thousand km²	15 of 45
AD 6	≈ 97 thousand km²	15 of 45
AD 9	≈ 97 thousand km²	15 of 45
AD 14	≈ 97 thousand km²	15 of 43
AD 23	≈ 97 thousand km²	16 of 41
AD 30	≈ 97 thousand km²	17 of 42
AD 43	≈ 97 thousand km²	17 of 44
AD 51	≈ 97 thousand km²	18 of 43
AD 60	≈ 97 thousand km²	18 of 43
AD 68	≈ 97 thousand km²	19 of 42
AD 78	≈ 97 thousand km²	19 of 42
AD 84	≈ 97 thousand km²	20 of 42
AD 91	≈ 97 thousand km²	18 of 41
AD 106	≈ 97 thousand km²	17 of 40
AD 114	≈ 97 thousand km²	16 of 36
AD 117	≈ 97 thousand km²	17 of 36
AD 127	≈ 97 thousand km²	17 of 39
AD 154	≈ 97 thousand km²	16 of 41
AD 161	≈ 97 thousand km²	15 of 40
AD 165	≈ 97 thousand km²	16 of 42
AD 184	≈ 97 thousand km²	17 of 41
AD 197	≈ 97 thousand km²	18 of 42
AD 207	≈ 97 thousand km²	20 of 44
AD 215	≈ 97 thousand km²	20 of 44
AD 224	≈ 97 thousand km²	21 of 43
AD 238	≈ 133 thousand km²	14 of 42
AD 247	≈ 133 thousand km²	14 of 42
AD 260	≈ 133 thousand km²	14 of 38
AD 261	≈ 133 thousand km²	16 of 40
AD 263	≈ 133 thousand km²	15 of 40
AD 265	≈ 133 thousand km²	15 of 40
AD 270	≈ 133 thousand km²	15 of 40
AD 283	≈ 133 thousand km²	14 of 38
AD 287	≈ 133 thousand km²	16 of 43
AD 299	≈ 133 thousand km²	16 of 43
AD 306	≈ 133 thousand km²	22 of 43
AD 308	≈ 133 thousand km²	22 of 43
AD 311	≈ 133 thousand km²	22 of 43
AD 313	≈ 133 thousand km²	22 of 43
AD 324	≈ 133 thousand km²	24 of 45
AD 337	≈ 133 thousand km²	25 of 47
AD 338	≈ 133 thousand km²	25 of 47
AD 347	≈ 133 thousand km²	23 of 46
AD 353	≈ 97 thousand km²	27 of 49
AD 358	≈ 97 thousand km²	27 of 50
AD 367	≈ 97 thousand km²	27 of 51
AD 371	≈ 97 thousand km²	26 of 48
AD 373	≈ 97 thousand km²	26 of 47
AD 378	≈ 97 thousand km²	24 of 45
AD 383	≈ 97 thousand km²	23 of 44
AD 387	≈ 97 thousand km²	31 of 53
AD 390	≈ 97 thousand km²	31 of 53
AD 392	≈ 97 thousand km²	31 of 52
AD 394	≈ 97 thousand km²	29 of 50
AD 395	≈ 97 thousand km²	30 of 51
AD 396	≈ 97 thousand km²	29 of 51
AD 397	≈ 97 thousand km²	29 of 53
AD 402	≈ 97 thousand km²	30 of 54
AD 407	≈ 97 thousand km²	29 of 55
AD 410	≈ 97 thousand km²	30 of 54
AD 414	≈ 97 thousand km²	32 of 56
AD 417	≈ 97 thousand km²	30 of 55
AD 426	≈ 97 thousand km²	30 of 55
AD 439	≈ 97 thousand km²	28 of 50
AD 441	≈ 97 thousand km²	28 of 50
AD 443	≈ 97 thousand km²	28 of 51
AD 451	≈ 97 thousand km²	28 of 50
AD 452	≈ 97 thousand km²	28 of 50
AD 455	≈ 97 thousand km²	30 of 52
AD 458	≈ 97 thousand km²	30 of 52
AD 459	≈ 97 thousand km²	28 of 52
AD 462	≈ 97 thousand km²	31 of 54
AD 469	≈ 97 thousand km²	30 of 55
AD 476	≈ 97 thousand km²	31 of 57
AD 480	≈ 97 thousand km²	31 of 57
AD 490	≈ 97 thousand km²	30 of 55
AD 500	≈ 97 thousand km²	30 of 54
AD 510	≈ 97 thousand km²	32 of 53
AD 523	≈ 97 thousand km²	32 of 54
AD 534	≈ 393 thousand km²	16 of 56
AD 536	≈ 393 thousand km²	16 of 56
AD 540	≈ 393 thousand km²	15 of 64
AD 546	≈ 393 thousand km²	15 of 64
AD 555	≈ 393 thousand km²	14 of 67
AD 561	≈ 393 thousand km²	14 of 68
AD 567	≈ 393 thousand km²	14 of 68
AD 569	≈ 393 thousand km²	14 of 68
AD 577	≈ 393 thousand km²	13 of 70
AD 587	≈ 393 thousand km²	14 of 67
AD 592	≈ 393 thousand km²	13 of 70
AD 602	≈ 97 thousand km²	30 of 69
AD 612	≈ 97 thousand km²	29 of 68
AD 617	≈ 97 thousand km²	28 of 65
AD 623	≈ 97 thousand km²	31 of 69
AD 626	≈ 97 thousand km²	31 of 67
AD 627	≈ 97 thousand km²	31 of 67
AD 628	≈ 97 thousand km²	30 of 65
AD 629	≈ 97 thousand km²	32 of 68
AD 630	≈ 97 thousand km²	33 of 68
AD 633	≈ 97 thousand km²	34 of 69
AD 634	≈ 97 thousand km²	32 of 66
AD 638	≈ 97 thousand km²	33 of 71
AD 641	≈ 97 thousand km²	32 of 71
AD 644	≈ 97 thousand km²	32 of 74
AD 647	≈ 97 thousand km²	32 of 70
AD 656	≈ 97 thousand km²	32 of 69
AD 661	≈ 97 thousand km²	30 of 68
AD 666	≈ 97 thousand km²	30 of 67
AD 674	≈ 97 thousand km²	28 of 69
AD 682	≈ 97 thousand km²	31 of 68
AD 692	≈ 97 thousand km²	32 of 67
AD 705	≈ 97 thousand km²	33 of 68
AD 710	≈ 97 thousand km²	33 of 69
AD 718	≈ 97 thousand km²	33 of 69
AD 724	≈ 97 thousand km²	33 of 69
AD 732	≈ 97 thousand km²	33 of 67
AD 741	≈ 97 thousand km²	32 of 71
AD 750	≈ 97 thousand km²	41 of 76
AD 751	≈ 97 thousand km²	41 of 77
AD 755	≈ 97 thousand km²	41 of 79
AD 757	≈ 97 thousand km²	39 of 76
AD 763	≈ 97 thousand km²	37 of 74
AD 768	≈ 97 thousand km²	36 of 75
AD 772	≈ 97 thousand km²	35 of 72
AD 775	≈ 97 thousand km²	34 of 73
AD 778	≈ 97 thousand km²	35 of 72
AD 783	≈ 97 thousand km²	35 of 73
AD 788	≈ 97 thousand km²	34 of 68
AD 793	≈ 97 thousand km²	38 of 78
AD 800	≈ 97 thousand km²	39 of 77
AD 806	≈ 97 thousand km²	36 of 73
AD 814	≈ 97 thousand km²	36 of 76
AD 825	≈ 97 thousand km²	38 of 77
AD 830	≈ 97 thousand km²	38 of 77
AD 840	≈ 97 thousand km²	38 of 80

Its highest rank was in AD 577: number 70 of 13.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Himyar — 21 frames
Sheba — 7 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 3 by area.

Frame		Other country	Area
AD 534	gained	Himyar	≈ 298 thousand km²
AD 602	lost	Sasanian Empire	≈ 298 thousand km²
AD 238	gained	Sheba	≈ 36 thousand km²

Wikipedia summary

The Kingdom of Aksum, or the Aksumite Empire, was a kingdom in the Horn of Africa and South Arabia from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages, based in what is now Eritrea and Northern Ethiopia, and spanning present-day Djibouti, Sudan, Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

Wikipedia (English) “Kingdom of Aksum”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

Show on the map — open the AD 534 frame