Primary Source from Aksum (250 CE) 1 point "Small axes are imported [brought in),
and ... copper drinking-cups... a little
coin for those coming to the market;
wine of Laodicea (on the Syrian coast]
and Italy ... there are imported Indian
cloth called monaché [fine quality
cotton) and that called sagmotogene
[probably tree cotton]." 2. Where was
Aksum located? *
O Syria in Asia