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Asyut

Asyut is a city on the Nile in Upper Egypt. It was the northern terminus of the Darb al-Arba'in, the 'Forty Days Road' caravan route that linked Darfur with Egypt. Through it the Darfur Sultanate and Wadai Empire exported goods such as enslaved people, ivory and ostrich feathers.

Asyut
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Herakleopolitan KingdomHawwara emirate

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Asyut. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/asyut
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