How Did The Aksumites Influence The Spread Of Ethiopia

The Olmec’s lived along muddy riverbanks and the Gulf of Mexico around 1500 B.C. Rigorous agricultural practices characterized the Olmec civilization, enabling them to provide food and resources for their families and generate income by selling their food to others around them. They also used the land to their advantage, using the mud to create elaborate earthen pyramids. Along with the cultivation of land, trade contributed to the success of the Olmec’s. They had many widespread trade routes extending into the surrounding areas. Their trade routes further helped to expand agriculture and grow the economy within this society due to the selling of agricultural products along these routes. To grow spiritually, the Olmec’s created religious rituals and a system of hieroglyphics that allowed the peoples to communicate effectively while also uniting the Olmec people as a whole. The Olmec’s’ use of their surrounding geography, combined with the economic growth brought about from extended trade routes and the societal unity brought about from the implementation of religious rituals allowed the Olmec’s to thrive during their time.

During the time period 600 C.E. to 1450 C.E., trade networks were relied upon to transfer goods, ideas, and services. Both the Trans-Saharan and Silk Road trade routes depended on animals, luxury goods, and economic growth. However, the trade routes differed in animals, types of luxury goods, and success of economic growth.

At the start of this period in 300 C.E, Afro-Eurasian trade was not very sophisticated. There was some collaboration with cultures in the Mediterranean. European goods were brought to

When studying trade and commodities of Empires in any period of time, it is important to look at the changes that the trade created within the involved nations. What crops were popular enough to grow commercially in the empire, what the increase of trade did to the population demographics, and how the global system influenced the interactions of the countries involved can be found through close reading primary sources. Through sources like Trade and Travel in the Far East by G.F. Davidson and Tearful Conversation over the Mulberry Fields and the Sea by Nguyen Thuong Hien, scholars can determine the impact these factors had on the lives of those who experienced empirical trade. In comparing these two documents, the most prominent focus is on

In Document one it talks about Zanj in East Africa and their trade goods. They have trade goods such as wild leopard skins, tortoise shells, and ivory. The tribe the Zanj lives in that area. They send their tusks to Oman and then are typically sent to China and India.

One supporting Example or Evidence from text or source document This shows that ancient people wanted goods from other places. For example Silk was traded many times. Explanation of your Supporting Example or Evidence The ancient places that traded silk for was Ferghana,Markanda,And Antioch. For example those ancient places needed more goods instead of silk.

The village economy was particularly interesting, and Olaudah's descriptions are very revealing. His people needed guns because other villages had them. The guns were brought to Africa by the Europeans, who used them to trade. (That the Europeans both supplied and fulfilled this need bears mention.) Olaudah states that he had never seen a European; his people traded with wandering merchants who acted as middlemen. These middlemen traded guns for potash, which they probably used in trade again elsewhere. Later in his life Olaudah also saw iron pots, crossbows, and European cutlasses among African people. This clearly illustrates the trade that developed between coastal tribes and Europeans, and the existence of middlemen who worked along established trade routes.

The Axumite Kingdom was a strong trading empire, which was located in modern day Ethiopia and Eritrea (The Kingdom of Aksum is Founded). For them being located southeast of Kush on rugged land, made it difficult for them to farm. That didn’t stop them from developing a technique to farm on these rugged and hilly grounds. The Axumites were very determined people; they knew they were surrounded by huge bodies of water, so they used it to their advantage. Trade was more accessible for them, but to make it more simpler and less challenging they coined money, to make a common currency instead of barter. One thing they made the Axumites stand out was their beautiful architecture. They built huge monuments for their rulers or the wealthy to honor them, like how Egypt built pyramids to keep their king in after death. The estimate of when the Axumite kingdom spanned was about 200 BC – 650 AD (Paul Davis), for people of that time they were extremely ahead of other civilizations. The kingdom of Axum reached its peak around A.D. 325 and 360, when determined ruler Enzana took throne (McDougal 226). He first conquered a section of the Arabian peninsula, current day Yemen. Then later by 350 he conquered the Kushites and destroyed Meroë. The Axumite Kingdom culturally, economically, and agriculturally influenced the Middle East and Eastern Africa through trade, terrace farming and religion.

Just like Axum, Aksum was found in Northern Ethiopia. It was the core of Arabia, Africa, and Greco Roman. Due to this, it was a great place for routes to trade. The ancient Aksumite Civilization ruins concealed a large area in the Tigray Plateau. The royal tombs, monolithic obelisks, and the palace were the most impressive monuments. They originated from the 6th and 7th centuries AD.

They exchanged gold, papyrus, material, and grain for cedar wood, coal black, copper, iron and ivory.

Extraordinary traders… gold, grain for cedar wood, ebony, ivory, and lapis lazuli- a blue gem stone… ships brought goods down and up the Nile River for trade… Once arrived, goods were brought to merchants by camel, or cart… Donkeys were used by farmers not traders… Egyptian traders mer people from other communities by the Nile River… Didn’t travel past the Nile River… Ancient Egyptians brought goods to merchants… traded through shops and markets…

Trade history originated among the prehistoric people who were spread over Africa, Asia, Australia, North America, Australia, Europe and South America, for thousands of years. But the evolutionary trade period was during the Ancient period by a high level of complexity in stonework, weaving, tool, and with a great consideration to color, image, structure, and artistic template in peace making and costume, and to the polarity of a stone tool, the balance of a grinding stone wheel. During the Neolithic age, detailed drilling, symmetrical cutting, and polishing of rare stone increased, in the trade of exotic and rare goods such as pearl, lapis-lazuli, jade, sapphire, carved ivory, gold and silver jewelry, furs, herbs, and

In ancient times, the convenience of geography made communication possible which is undeniable, however, there are different opinions on the direction, intensity and breadth of the exchange. Examples of long-distance exchange in prehistory (Reade, 2008): Copal beads; Goat bones and Clove head.

In the documentary Guns, Germs, and Steel, the Professor Jared Diamond asserts that the first developed civilizations had a huge head start due to their geographical location, which allowed them to live a period of growth. His argument is perceptible in many civilizations’ developments such as Aksum’s. Located in northern Ethiopia and Eritrea, Aksum was one of the first developed African civilizations; indeed, the kingdom experienced a period of rising towards the first century. This rising resulted from the advantages of its position in altitude, from the sustainable agriculture system developed with the main crop -Teff and also from the interactions with regions in Asia through the red sea. Therefore, Aksum developed a bright

Ethiopia is a country located on the east side of the continent of Africa. The capital of Ethiopia is Addis Ababa. It is surrounded by countries such as Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, and Djibouti. The main language spoken in Ethiopia is Amharic. Senegal is a country located on the west side of the continent of Africa. The capital of Senegal is Dakar. It is surrounded by Mauritania, Mali, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, and the Atlantic Ocean. The official language spoken in Senegal is French. Comparing and contrasting the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere of Ethiopia and Senegal are of great importance in comprehending their geography.