Avalites

[1][2][3] According to the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, Avalites was located on the Far-Side market south of Adulis, stood near the entrance of the Red Sea, where the Gulf narrowed at the straits of Bab-el-Mandeb.

[6] Avalites exported spices, some ivory and a little myrrh, but the Periplus claims, better products could be obtained elsewhere.

Some of these exports were transported on small crafts navigated by local people of the area and was shipped to Arabian port cities on the other side of the Red Sea.

Incense was widely used in the Mediterranean region and all of Europe, used for religious and everyday purposes.

This made incense a noteworthy commodity in the Indian Ocean trade.