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