Ezana
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https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/persinst/202609
- Name (English)
- Ezana
- Short name
- Ezana of Axum
- Short Description
- "Ezana (Ge'ez: ዒዛና ‘Ezana, unvocalized ዐዘነ ‘zn; also spelled Aezana or Aizan) was ruler of the Kingdom of Axum, an ancient kingdom located in what is now Eritrea and Ethiopia. (320s – c. 360 AD). He himself employed the style (official title) "king of Saba and Salhen, Himyar and Dhu-Raydan". Tradition states that ‘Ezana succeeded his father Ella Amida (Ousanas) as king while still a child but his mother, Sofya then served as regent until he came of age. He conquered the Kingdom of Kush around the year 350 AD." - (en.wikipedia.org 16.05.2022)
- Entity Encoding
- pik
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