Aksum (Ethiopia) is a vibrant commercial centre - Source of Christianity around the world

 

 

                                                     An Aksumite jar. Around 3rd–4th century.

 

Aksum is a vibrant commercial centre which has access to goods imported from the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean through the Red Sea port of Adulis. You can buy glassware, beads, metalwork with glass inlays, carved wood, pottery, both locally made and imported. The Aksumite Empire is particularly well known for its carved elephant ivory, but it’s quite expensive.

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