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Avalites

Avalites (Ancient Greek: Αὐαλίτης, Ἀβαλίτης), also known as Abalitês or Abalita/Abolite, alternatively rendered as Aualites, Aualita, or Avalita, was an ancient port city and trading hub situated in the Horn of Africa during Classical and Late Antiquity. Avalites was one of the principal seaports and commercial centres of Aethiopia alongside Adulis and…

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Location
Zeila, Awdal, Somalia
Archaeologists
Not recorded
Condition
Ruined
Cultures
Ancient Somali
Excavation dates
Unknown
Periods
Classical antiquity to Late Antiquity

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Connection with Havilah

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Avalites

Nodes135
Edges134
Triples188
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014815
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related to The land of Punt · 31
Avalites → According, AD, Aden, Arabia, At, Auhar/Auhal, Avalita, Avalite, Bab, BCE, Between, Bronze Age, During, French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette, Greco-Roman, Gulf, However, India, Karnak, Land
related to Trade, Economy, and Governance · 30
Avalites → Abyssinian, Aden, Adulis, Al Mokha, Avalites’ Berbers, Axum, Azania, Barbar, By, Ethiopia, Himyar, In, India, Mosylon, Muza, Ocelis, Realizing, Red Sea, Red Sea Yemenite, Rhapta
related to Inhabitants · 28
Avalites → Avaliae, Avalitae, Barbaria, Barbarica Region, Burton, Camoens, Desborough Cooley, Erythraean Sea, Habr Awal, He, Ibn Battuta, Isaaq, Joktan, Mossyli, Mosylon, Obal, Periplus, Ptolemy, Qahtanite, Richard
related to Dispute · 26
Avalites → Abyssinian, Abyssinians, Adulis, Assab, Axumite, Barbar/Berber, Berber, Berbers, Berbers/Barbar, Djibouti, Eritrea, Further Berber, However, Obock, Opone, Recent, Red Sea, Since, Somali, Somalis
related to Marcian of Heraclea and Stephanus of Byzantium · 23
Avalites → Additionally, Aden, Assyrian, Avalita, Avalitae, Avalites Bay, Avalitic Gulf, Byzantium, Erythraean Sea, Ethnica, Gulf, He, Heraclea, Marcian, Obal, Outer Sea, Periplus, Stephanus, Tadjoura, The
related to Ptolemy and Pliny · 15
Avalites → Abalita, Abalitos, Abalitês/abalito, Ancient Greek, Aromata, Avalites Bay, Avalites/Avalita, Bay, Geography, Gulf, He, Natural History, Periplus, Pliny, Ptolemy
related to Connection with Havilah · 13
Avalites → Although, Arabian Peninsula, Arabic, Benjamin Tudela, Cush, Gesenius, Havilah, Hebrew Bible, Historical, Saadia Gaon’s, Somalia, The, Zeila
related to Location and Identification of Avalites. · 7
Avalites → An Universal History, Avalita/Avarita, Earliest Account, Ptolemy, The, Time, Zeila
related to history · 6
Avalites → AD, Avalita, Erythraean Sea, Other, Periplus, The
Archaeologists · 1
Avalites → Not recorded

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periplus barbar zeila sea place ancient also trade along port location described gulf coast adulis rafts muza red avalita first

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
AvalitesArchaeologistsNot recorded1.00infobox
AvalitesConditionRuined1.00infobox
AvalitesCulturesAncient Somali1.00infobox
AvalitesExcavation datesUnknown1.00infobox
AvalitesLocationZeila, Awdal, Somalia1.00infobox
AvalitesPeriodsClassical antiquity to Late Antiquity1.00infobox
AvalitesTypeemporium1.00infobox
Roman Egyptinstance ofthe Barbar imported luxury items from distant lands0.80text
particularly from Diospolisinstance ofthe Barbar imported luxury items from distant lands0.80text
Avalitesrelated to Connection with HavilahHistorical0.60section
Avalitesrelated to Connection with HavilahHavilah0.60section
Avalitesrelated to Connection with HavilahSaadia Gaon’s0.60section

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