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Aksum Research Paper

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Trade Center Need to trade some salt, ivory, emeralds, gold, tortoise shells, or even rhino horns? I know the perfect place for you to go. Go to Aksum! Aksum (or Axum) was a wonderful center of trade because of their location in northeastern Africa. Aksum was next to the Red Sea coastline, this gave them influence over sea trade on the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It was also along the caravan route to Meroe and Egypt. The caravans carried the new cargo north, while donkeys and porters took the original cargo to places farther south, and camels transported goods across the deserts. The reason why Aksum was able to be so successful as a trading center was because they always had a plethora of water allowing crops to easily be
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