ca. 50 |
Composition of the Periplus of the Red Sea |
ca. 200–270 |
First Ethiopian occupation of Ḥimyar |
ca. 330–380 |
Reign of Aezanas at Axum in Ethiopia |
ca. 340 |
Conversion of Aezanas to Christianity |
ca. 380 |
Conversion of Ḥimyar to Judaism |
ca. 450 |
MḤDYS negus in Axum, imitator of Constantine |
ca. 470 |
Martyrdom of Azqīr in Ḥimyar |
491–518 |
Anastasius Emperor in Byzantium |
502 |
Embassy of Euphrasius to Kinda |
518–527 |
Justin Emperor in Byzantium |
ca. 517–533 |
Kālēb (Ella Asbeha) negus in Axum |
522–525 |
Yūsuf, Jewish king in Ḥimyar |
523 |
Massacre of Christians at Najrān |
524 |
Embassy of Abraham to Naṣrid al Mundhir and Conference of Ramla |
ca. 524 |
Visit of Cosmas Indicopleustes to Adulis |
525 |
Ethiopian Invasion of Arabia and death of Yūsuf |
527–565 |
Justinian Emperor in Byzantium |
528 |
Embassy of Abraham to Kinda |
530 |
Embassy of Nonnosus to Kinda and Axum |
531 |
Embassy of Abraham to Kinda |
ca. 527–565 |
Ethopian Abraha King in Ḥimyar |
548 |
Conference at Mārib |
ca. 549 |
Cosmas writes the Christian Topography |
552 |
Abraha’s campaign into northern Arabia |
ca. 565 |
Sassanian Persians take control of Ḥimyar |
ca. 570 |
Traditional date for the birth of Muḥammad |
602–610 |
Phocas Emperor at Byzantium |
614 |
Capture of Jerusalem by the Sassanian Persians |
622 |
Hijra (migration) of Muḥammad from Mecca to Medina |
610–641 |
Heraclius Emperor at Byzantium |