Darb el-Arbain

GPTKB entity

Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:bus_route
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Forty Days Road
gptkbp:connects gptkb:Asyut
Kobbei
gptkbp:declinedAfter 19th century
railways
modern roads
gptkbp:historicalSignificance major north-south trade route in Africa
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Darb el-Arbain
gptkbp:length approximately 1,100 km
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:Sudan
gptkbp:notableFor slave trade
transport of animals
transport of gold
transport of ivory
transport of spices
gptkbp:passesThrough gptkb:Dakhla_Oasis
gptkb:Kharga_Oasis
oases
Bir Natrun
Bir Shab
Bir Tarfawi
gptkbp:traversedBy gptkb:Western_Desert
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Nubians
gptkb:Bedouins
Egyptian traders
Sudanese traders
gptkbp:usedFor caravan trade
gptkbp:usedUntil Pharaonic times
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kharga_Oasis
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7