This week my wife and I got to eat lunch with a wonderful family from Eritrea. So I decided to finally do a people group from there! Meet the Tigre of Eritrea!

Region: Eritrea

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Index Ranking (Urgency): 22

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Climate: Based on variations in temperature, Eritrea can be broadly divided into three major climate zones: the temperate zone, subtropical climate zone, and tropical climate zone. The climate of Eritrea is shaped by its diverse topographical features and its location within the tropics. The diversity in landscape and topography in the highlands and lowlands of Eritrea result in the diversity of climate across the country. The highlands have temperate climate throughout the year. The climate of most lowland zones is arid and semiarid. The distribution of rainfall and vegetation types varies markedly throughout the country. Eritrean climate varies on the basis of seasonal and altitudinal differences.

Eritrean Highlands

Terrain: Eritrea can be split into three ecoregions. To the east of the highlands are the hot, arid coastal plains stretching down to the southeast of the country. The cooler, more fertile highlands, reaching up to 3,000 m, have a different habitat. Habitats here vary from the sub-tropical rainforest at Filfil Solomona to the precipitous cliffs and canyons of the southern highlands. The Afar Triangle or Danakil Depression of Eritrea is the probable location of a triple junction where three tectonic plates are pulling away from one another. The highest point of the country, Emba Soira, is located in the center of Eritrea, at 3,018 meters (9,902 ft) above sea level.

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Environmental Issues: Eritrea is vulnerable to droughts, floods, increased variability in rainfall patterns and/or reduced precipitation, soil erosion, desertification and land degradation.

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Languages: Nine different languages are spoken by the nine recognised ethnic groups, the most widely spoken language is Tigrinya, the others are Arabic, Tigre, Afar, Beja, Bilen, Kunama, Nara, and Saho. Tigrinya, Arabic, and English serve as the three working languages.

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Government Type: Unitary one-party presidential republic under a totalitarian dictatorship

People: Tigre

G’day Everyone,

Regrettably it is time I sell almost my entire collection of coins, fossils, antiquities and banknotes. With items from just about every time period, from fossils, to proto-currency, to ancient and medieval coinage, to a vast collection of modern coins. Gold coins. Silver coins. A whole range of countries. There's something for everyone.

Simply put I need the money for personal reasons and am hoping to sell everything to one person in bulk at a heavily discounted price. Great additions for someone who wants a lot of unique and hard to find stuff, including some ex. Museum pieces. Definitely a bit of profit in it for someone willing to properly organise, catalogue and sell individually due to the heavy discount on everything.

I have tried to value everything fairly based on a range of resources and recent selling history as well as taking the individual piece into consideration. I have left a lot of wiggle room with a minimum $1182.00 discount from valuation, to up to $2500+ discount if bought quickly. I’m not here to make profit, I just want a quick honest sale and am happy to hear offers too after the heavy discount period. Please refer to the google doc for items, pricing and all information: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Um5HqnUh3CK47RTC5TephlAo4AIo8spAKBzq7qhHQFQ/edit?usp=sharing

I understand with transferring money and items online there is an implicit trust required to transact. It’s my first reddit post so I don’t have feedback but I am willing to do everything reasonably within my power to allay any concerns whether that involves using a middleman, a certain payment method, extra pictures, video calls, etc…

I hope my passion can go to an equally passionate person. There is an indescribable power and visceral connection to be able to interact so intimately with history.

Please feel free to ask questions, ask for more photos, etc… or anything else you need and I’ll try and respond ASAP.

PROOF: https://imgur.com/a/WI7DnaR

PICTURES: https://imgur.com/a/8irj7T6

ITEMS AND PRICE LIST: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Um5HqnUh3CK47RTC5TephlAo4AIo8spAKBzq7qhHQFQ/edit?usp=sharing

POSTAGE:

• Free Shipping worldwide. (Pay extra for insurance, will send

Do your worst!

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

They’re on standbi

Pilot on me!!

Was Punt real?:

Just from the title, it should be clear that we know very little about Punt; how long did it exist? Where was it? What was its government like? What was life like there? Most importantly, we don’t know what happened to Punt. I’m sure that by now you’re probably wondering if Punt even existed, or if it was just one more addition to the long list of mythical lands. But that, to me, is the most interesting part: Punt existed. It absolutely existed. And how do we know this?

Punt and Egypt were trading partners, possibly the first in the spice route, an ancient commercial network of trade. Punt was essential to this network of trade; first mentioned in Egyptian records in 2500 BC, this relationship was maintained until at least the 11th century BC, though, based on likely Puntian goods found in earlier Egyptian tombs, this relationship may have been far older. The people of Punt were seafaring, in contrast to the primarily land-based Egyptians, and reached Egypt in large ships. After the 11th century BC, however, this trade relationship seems to have dissolved, though likely not acrimoniously. By then, Punt had advanced into myth—one Egyptian love song included the line, “When I hold my love close, and her arms steal around me, I'm like a man translated to Punt, or like someone out in the reedflats, when the world suddenly bursts into flower."

What do we know about Punt?:

The short answer is ‘not very much.’ As one historian put it, Punt is like a “void.” The best source of information comes from Deir el-Bahri, a 3,500 year old complex of Egyptian tombs and temples near Thebes. Here, in relief sculptures and paintings in the temple of Pharaoh Hatshepsut—whose “divine mother” (patron goddess) is recorded as being from Punt—is an account of an diplomatic and commercial expedition to Punt, portrayed with beehive-shaped ‘pile-dwellings’ on stilts and a number of palm trees. Egypt’s ships are then shown returning with ‘marvels’ which they present to Hatshepsut; the roots of some of the frankincense trees brought back are still visible at Hatshepsut’s temple, which was modeled after the [architectu