Nomadic range · approximate2500 BCE – 700 BCE · 1800 years
Land of Punt
Overview
The Land of Punt (Egyptian: pwnt; alternate Egyptological readings Pwene(t) ) was an ancient kingdom known from Ancient Egyptian trade records. It produced and exported gold, aromatic resins, blackwood, ebony, ivory and wild animals. Recent evidence locates it in northwestern Eritrea. It is possible that it includes or corresponds to Opone, as later known by the ancient Greeks, while some biblical scholars have identified it with the biblical land of Put or Havilah.
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Borders & accuracy
A pastoralist or hunter-gatherer range whose extent shifted constantly with seasons and alliances.
- SOURCEhand-crafted from scholarly atlases
- DETAILhand-crafted-from-atlases
- SNAPSHOT1500 BCE
- POLITY TYPEnomadic-range
Also during this period
No conflict record yet names this polity as a belligerent; these overlap its dates only.
- Battle of Kadesh1274 BCEWorld-changing · 10K dead
- Akkadian Empire Expansion2334–2154 BCEWorld-changing
- Hyksos Expulsion (Ahmose I)1552–1527 BCEWorld-changing
- World-changing
- Sea Peoples Invasions1200–1150 BCEWorld-changing
- Battle of Muye1046 BCEWorld-changing
Open in the atlas →Seeks the timeline to 2500 BCE and fits the map to these borders.
Cite as: Land of Punt (2500 BCE – 700 BCE). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/e/africa-punt · Sources & methodology