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Karum
Karum may refer to:
- Karum (trade post), ancient Assyrian trade posts in Anatolia from 20th to 18th centuries BC
- Lake Karum, lake in the Afar Region of Ethiopia
Karum (trade post)
Karum ( Akkadian: kārum "quay, port, commercial district", plural kārū, from Sumerian kar "fortification (of a harbor), break-water") is the name given to ancient Assyrian trade posts in Anatolia (modern Turkey) from the 20th to 18th centuries BC. The main centre of karum trading was at the ancient town of Kanesh.