historical-nonfiction:The Kingdom of Yam certainly existed as a trading partner and possible rival o
historical-nonfiction:The Kingdom of Yam certainly existed as a trading partner and possible rival of Old Kingdom Egypt, yet its precise location has never been determined. (Kingdoms like Egypt with written records get so much unfair attention.) Based on the funerary inscriptions of the Egyptian explorer Harkhuf, it seems Yam was a land of “incense, ebony, leopard skins, elephant tusks, and boomerangs.” Until recently, it was believed that the Egyptians did not know how to cross the vast and arid Sahara. But hieroglyphs recently discovered over 700 kilometers (430 miles) southwest of the Nile confirm the existence of trade between Yam and Egypt and point to Yam’s location in the northern highlands of Chad. -- source link
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