- ancient timesAfrica
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
- Iron AgeAsia
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
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.