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The Kingdom of Punt

ንግስነት ብዕንት | 𐩣𐩡𐩫𐩩 𐩨𐩲𐩬𐩩

 2500 BCE - 1000 BCE

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  • Ancient Egyptians mentioning about the Land of Punt

  • Geographical possibilities of Land of Punt location

    • Explanation why Horn of Africa (Eritrea/Tigray/Sudan border area) is the most plausible location (Francis Breyer, research papers...etc)

  • Cultural properties of Punt

    • Mythology (Snake God)

    • Language (t-n-g root, hottentots & pygmys living more north)

    • Commerce (Baboons study)

    • Punt houses & Eritrean Tukhul houses comparison

      • Eritrean/Ethiopian Irrigation methods learned from South Yemenis caused loss of stilts on Tukhuls

        • Sabaean influenced Hidmo houses

      • Eritrea irrigation issues (see Agriculturalist vs Pastoralist)

      • Sabaean advanced irrigation methods (see Saba)

  • Demographics

    • Francis Breyer (Habesha)

    • Comparing the Prince of Punt (Dehri al-Bahri) & The Prince of D'MT

  • Map & Regions of Punt (Ifem, Bia Punt, Amasu, Takaro, Atalou, and Ta Netjer)

  • The fall of the Land of Punt

    • Highland migration from Yemen

  • How P'NT turned into D'MT

  • King Cambyses of Egypt trading with Kingdom of D'MT and calling them Punt (500 BCE)

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