War & RuptureThe 6th century

War & Rupture in the 6th century

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged war and rupture — wars, invasions, conquests, battles and armed conflict, narrowed to the 6th century — 5 of them, drawn from 5 nations, running from 525 to 562. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
5
Nations
5
Earliest
525
Latest
562
Africa
3
Asia
1
North America
1

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

  1. Africa

    Ethiopia

    Aksumite intervention in Arabia

    Aksum sends forces across the Red Sea into Himyarite South Arabia, the high-water mark of its power before trade routes and the rise of Islam begin its decline.

    Era: The Kingdom of Aksum and Early Christianity

    Sources: Kingdom of Aksum · World History Encyclopedia

  2. Asia

    Yemen

    Aksumite conquest and the viceroy Abraha

    An Ethiopian (Aksumite) invasion overthrew the Himyarite kingdom; the Christian viceroy Abraha later ruled from Yemen before the Sasanian Persians seized the region around 570.

    Era: Ancient South Arabia: The Incense Kingdoms

    Sources: Abraha (Himyarite kingdom, Christian ruler of Yemen) · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Yemen: History (ancient kingdoms, Islam, the imamate, unification and war) · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  3. Africa

    Algeria

    Byzantine reconquest

    Justinian's general Belisarius lands in 533 and within a year destroys the Vandal kingdom, restoring Byzantine imperial rule over coastal North Africa.

    Era: Vandals, Byzantines and the Coming of Islam

    Sources: Battle of Tricamarum · World History Encyclopedia, North Africa: The Vandal conquest · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  4. Africa

    Tunisia

    Byzantine reconquest

    Belisarius restores Carthage to the Eastern Roman Empire, ending Vandal rule.

    Era: Roman Africa, Christianity & the Vandals

    Sources: History of Tunisia · Wikipedia

  5. North America

    Belize

    Caracol defeats Tikal

    Caracol, allied with Calakmul, won a decisive "Star War" victory over Tikal in 562 CE; the defeated city carved no monuments for over a century, marking Caracol's rise as a great power of the southern lowlands.

    Era: The land of the Maya

    Sources: Caracol Archaeological Project — History of the Site · Caracol Archaeological Project, History of Belize · Encyclopædia Britannica