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.
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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.
Auxoume
Aksum
Axoume
UWHS
14.135480045
Aksum? ETH
A(u)xoume
ToposText Axum (Ethiopia)
Wikipedia (English) Kingdom of Aksum
WHL 15: Aksum
DARMC 19739
PME (Casson) 4
New Pauly Axum, Axomis
TM GEO ID, 3103: Axoume (Aksum)
Wikipedia (English) Axum
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38.7230826233
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A(u)xoume
Pleiades
Aksum
Aksum
Our present, modern era. [[1700, 2100]]
Modern (AD 1700-Present)
2100
1700
Aksum
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The Late Antique period in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 300 and to end in the year 640 after the birth of Christ. [[300, 640]]
Late Antique (AD 300-AD 640)
OpenStreetMap (Relation 1123542, version 9, osm:changeset=46001080, 2017-02-11T16:00:56Z)
OSM location of World Heritage Aksum
Representative location based on OpenStreetMap
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OSM Relation 1123542
The Roman period (i.e., the early Roman Empire) in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 30 before the birth of Christ and to end in the year 300 after the birth of Christ. [[-30, 300]]
Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300)
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Auxoume
-30
Auxoume
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640
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Axoume
-30
Axoume
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640
Equivalent to "inhabited place" as defined by the Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus: General term for places or areas occupied, modified, or planned to be inhabited by communities of human populations and that contain enough societal functions to be relatively self-sufficient. They are characterized by inhabitants living in neighboring sets of living quarters and by the place having a proper name or a locally recognized status.
settlement