Question

Based on the list of imports and exports, how would you describe axum’s role in the international commerce of the first century ce?

Answer 1

Axum generated and exchanged low cost materials like clothing and elephant tusks in large quantities to the richer states and in return got more valuable things like gold and silver.

Axum was the focus point of the marine exchanging power known as the Aksumite Kingdom, which originated before the earliest mentions in Roman period records.