Editing Foreign relations of Ethiopia (section)

====Land of Punt====
[[Land of Punt|Punt]] (2500 BCE – 980 BCE) was predominantly a trading centre dominated by [[Ancient Egypt]] to [[Horn of Africa]]. Trading commodities includes exports of Egypt; one of the most essential was [[incense]], which was mainly used for religious rituals for [[embalming]] corpse. Other were [[ivory]], [[spices]], [[Hide (skin)|hides]] and exotic animals that convey route to coast of Ethiopia, thus Ethiopia has been an integral part of Punt. Egyptian expedition to southeastern African region was generally commenced in the second millennium BC, after stabilizing relations with kingdoms of today's [[Sudan]], the [[Kingdom of Kush|Kush]], [[Napata]] and [[Meroë]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Henze |first=Paul B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ySgCTIplVQ8C&q=addis+ababa+history+zewditu |title=Layers of Time: A History of Ethiopia |date=2000 |publisher=Hurst & Company |isbn=978-1-85065-522-0 |language=en}}</ref>