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Event trade Middle East

Adulis

500 BCE – 700 CE

Ancient Aksumite port on the Red Sea, gateway for ivory, incense, and gold trade between Africa and the Mediterranean.

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Standing in 500 BCE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Egypt Polity · Middle East 3000 BCE – 2026 CE Saba Polity · Middle East 1500 BCE – 100 BCE Achaemenid Empire Polity · Middle East 549 BCE – 329 BCE Great Pyramid of Giza Landmark · Middle East 2560 BCE – still standing Plitvice Lakes Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing Giant's Causeway Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing

Around the same time

The nearest dated moments on either side.

500 BCE Bukhara 500 BCE Nazca Lines 500 BCE Roman Forum 500 BCE Monte Albán 500 BCE Afrasiab (Ancient Samarkand) 500 BCE Aden