Pretty simple post here, can someone break it down to me who the people of Punt where (I mean like Cushitic migrations, who mainly desecends from them because I hear somalis and Eritreans are the biggest runner ups)? Possible loactions, teh gernealy history of it, I have heard about its association with the gash culture as well, but for the most part, my knowledge is about Cushitic history and migrations as well as the history of punt is pretty scattered, so if anyone can help me with understanding all they know about it, that'd be appreciated!
Who were the People of Punt?
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Simple answer: we don't know
Punt was literally 3000 years ago, modern countries didn't exist and the various ethnicities in the horn of Africa were either not existing as separate entities or quite different from today. We can only speculate about the geographic location of Punt which was according to most experts an area likely between modern day Ethiopia, northern Somalia and Djibouti. If this is the case my uneducated guess is that Puntities were likely the cushitic ancestors of modern day horn Africans
Punt was literally 3000 years ago, modern countries didn't exist and the various ethnicities in the horn of Africa were either not existing as separate entities or quite different from today. We can only speculate about the geographic location of Punt which was according to most experts an area likely between modern day Ethiopia, northern Somalia and Djibouti. If this is the case my uneducated guess is that Puntities were likely the cushitic ancestors of modern day horn Africans
Land of Punt
It seems likely that it was only located in Ethiopia/Eritrea and maybe Sudan
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There have been a few topics about it in the last year.
Punt allied with Nubia against Egypt at one point in time. So Punt was part of a wider fuzzy wuzzy network.
the puntites were situated between Maydh and stretched all the way down to the ancient environs of Hobyo, they’re the partial ancestors of the Majeerteen and clans local to the north eastern region of Somalia only. Not all Somalis descend from them or have connections to them. An ancient race of people no doubt.
they had port cities, they were on the silk route, and engaged in trade with places as far away as China and Indonesia.
they had port cities, they were on the silk route, and engaged in trade with places as far away as China and Indonesia.
Pretty sure Xaafuun = O’pone = Punt
The main commodities traded were frankincense and myrrh which is found the highest in Northeastern Somalia
isnt the Silk Road something that existed long after punt tho?
yeah I did hear that they helped the kerma kingdom in their raids against the Egyptians
Not Silk Road my mistake* that’s overland route in Asia, I mean Red Sea and Indian Ocean tradeisnt the Silk Road something that existed long after punt tho?
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