An ancient Somali port on the site of what became Mogadishu, and Axum in the Ethiopian highlands, both appear in this first-century AD Greek document that describes trade along the Red Sea and Indian Ocean coasts. Axum is called a 'metropolis' in its pages. Which ancient trade manual is being described?

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Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. Mogadishu and Axum are both named in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. The first-century AD Greek text identifies ancient Sarapion, later Mogadishu, among prosperous Somali ports, and describes Aksum as a 'metropolis'.