Economy & TradeThe 10th century BCE

Economy & Trade in the 10th century BCE

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged economy and trade — trade, currency, industry and resources, narrowed to the 10th century BCE — 2 of them, drawn from 2 nations, all of it in 1000 BCE. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
2
Nations
2
Earliest
1000 BCE
Latest
1000 BCE
Africa
1
Asia
1

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

  1. ancient timesAfrica

    Djibouti

    Coast woven into Horn of Africa trade

    The shores of the Bab-el-Mandeb form part of the ancient commercial world of the Horn, exchanging aromatics, ivory and other goods with Egypt and southern Arabia; the wider region is linked to the fabled Land of Punt.

    Era: Ancient Trade and the Coming of Islam

    Sources: Djibouti (country and history) · Encyclopaedia Britannica, History of Djibouti · Wikipedia

  2. Iron AgeAsia

    United Arab Emirates

    The aflaj irrigation system at Hili

    Hili preserves one of the oldest known examples of the aflaj, underground channels that carried mountain groundwater to oasis date gardens, sustaining agriculture in an arid land.

    Era: Bronze Age Oases and the Pearling Coast

    Sources: Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas) · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Six new sites inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List (2011) · UNESCO World Heritage Centre