FormationThe 2nd century

Formation in the 2nd century

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged formation — origins, unifications and the founding of states as each nation's archive records them, narrowed to the 2nd century — 2 of them, drawn from 2 nations, all of it in 100. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
2
Nations
2
Earliest
100
Latest
100

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. Africa

    Eritrea

    Aksum emerges as a Red Sea trading empire

    Aksum consolidates control of the northern highlands and the port of Adulis, growing into a major commercial power linking Rome, Arabia and India.

    Era: Aksum, Adulis and the Red Sea Trade

    Sources: Aksumite Empire · New World Encyclopedia, History of Eritrea · Wikipedia

  2. Africa

    Ethiopia

    Aksum emerges as a trading empire

    Aksum consolidates control of the northern highlands and the Red Sea port of Adulis, growing into a major commercial power linking Rome, Arabia and India.

    Era: The Kingdom of Aksum and Early Christianity

    Sources: Aksum — World Heritage Centre · UNESCO, Kingdom of Aksum · World History Encyclopedia