Axum's Economy B- (Zach N Bultsma)

For their economy they sold ivory, cattle, gold, sheep, wheat, camels, barley, emeralds, tortise shells, and rinoceros horns for trade in the Axum Kingdom. These were very important trades becasue they were used all the time for food, decorations, and to all other kinds of tools back then. They traded with several different areas like India, Rome, Africa (Nubia), Arabian (Yemen), Eygptian merchants, persian merchants, and other Indian states. They were a rich with gold and iron deposits, which were very good/vualable for trade. Because the Axum empire was near the ocean which allowed them to trade in varies places around the area. Adulis was a famous trade center which made most of the trades at the docks near the Red Sea. The Axum's trade was the best around 300AD and 600AD when the empire was at their full power.       Since the Axum took over the Kush empire they are now known as the land of gold and the capital of iron. Compared to the Ghana the Axum's emperor did not keep gold nuggets as his own but they used it for trade most of the time and was sold frequently. The merchants or the other citizens were allowed to have golden nuggets if they purchase it the merchandise.