The Axumites erected a number of large stelae, which served a religious purpose in pre-Christian<span> times.</span>The Silk Road<span> or </span>Silk Route was an ancient network of trade routes that were central to cultural interaction through regions of the Asian continent connecting the West and East from China to the Mediterranean Sea.
The 10% bill on state tax on state government to pay reconstruction costs was the main provision of the Wade-Davis bill of 1864 that led Lincoln to pocket veto it.
