HIST134 Final: Final Exam Study Guide
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The basics: was located in modern-day sudan, capital was, was previously an egyptian colony but then at the disintegration of the new. What known for: trade, located in ethiopian highlands, from about 100 ad to 940 ad, eventually took over kush land and spread influence into the arabian peninsula. Traded a lot with rome, india, and persia and had control of trade routes, especially the red sea and parts of the upper nile. As well as lot of trade with egypt and kush. Huge trade in ivory, tortoise shell, gold, and emeralds & agricultural products and salt. Generally importing silk and spices: wheat. They were able to domesticate wheat and this is one of the major things they traded: legend. Supposedly the home of the queen of sheba and the resting place of the. They were in the cemeteries: the ge"ez alphabet, had its own coins. Generally seen as a sign of power and wealth.
