Land of Punt
Ancient trading confederation in the Horn of Africa (2500 BCE – 980 BCE) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Land of Punt (Egyptian: pwnt; alternate Egyptological readings Pwene(t)[1] /puːnt/) was an ancient kingdom known from Ancient Egyptian trade records. It produced and exported gold, aromatic resins, blackwood, ebony, ivory and wild animals.[2] Recent evidence locates it in northwestern Eritrea.[3] It is possible that it includes or corresponds to Opone, as later known by the ancient Greeks,[4][5][6] while some biblical scholars have identified it with the biblical land of Put or Havilah.[7][8]
Geographical range | Horn of Africa |
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Dates | c. 2500–980 BCE |
At times Punt is referred to as Ta netjer (tꜣ nṯr), lit. 'Land of the God'.[9] The exact location of Punt is debated by historians. Various locations have been offered, southeast of Egypt, a coastal region south of it along the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, in present day north-east Sudan, Eritrea, northeast Ethiopia, Djibouti and northern Somalia, including Somaliland.
It is also possible that it covered both the Horn of Africa and the area across the sea, in Southern Arabia.[10][11][12] The autonomous state of Puntland, the modern day Somali administrative region at the tip of the Horn of Africa is named in honor of this ancient kingdom.[13]