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The Nile River benefited Egypt in its ability to grow agriculture, and it had several scattered ports that allowed a plethora of trade. The trading opportunities not only brought different goods to Egypt, but also provided a look at different cultures, religions, and art....
What did the Egyptians trade with Phoenicians? They transportedlinen and papyrus from Egypt, copper from Cyprus, embroidered cloth from Mesopotamia, spices from Arabia, and ivory, gold, and slaves from Africa to destinations throughout the Mediterranean. The Phoenicians: The Great Navigators of Antiqu...
As long ago as the middle of the fourth millennium B.C., people living along the Nile were building boats capable of transporting material goods. Skilled shipwrights using copper tools cut planks and beams from the trees that grew in the soft silts of the lower Nile. The large wooden barq...
One interesting little fact is that the ancient egyptians had cocaine, or at lease the coca leaf it comes from, which comes only from South America. Coca leaf has been found among the ingredients they stuffed into the corpses they mummified. So we know there was international sea trade at ...
So if the dollar is backed by nothing and can be manipulated at will how do you gauge the value of gold. Or anything for that matter. True value depends on what people are willing to trade for your goods. Money makes it easy to barter and trade goods since it’s ubiquitous and there...
the other picking up and delivering goods of one kind or another. Merer, who accounted for his time in half-day increments, mentions stopping at Tura, a town along the Nile famous for its limestone quarry, filling his boat with stone and taking it up the Nile River to Giza. In ...
Even when the Roman Empire fell, trade along the Silk Road continued. It wasn’t just goods that came along the road. Travelers also brought some important inventions from China to the West-paper, printing, gunpowder and the compass all came to Europe this way. Finally, however, the Silk ...
Evident from many non-African goods found within the city, Great Zimbabwe was a center of trade connecting the Middle East and South Asia to Central and Southern Africa through the Mozambique coast. Only 2% of the entire city has been excavated, but its walls are already considered a marvel...
The Egyptians used non-coin forms of silver and gold currency, such as silver rings and gold pieces shaped like sheep, centuries before minting coins out of the metals. The earliest forms of money in Egypt were not based on metals, but rather based on a barter exchange of everyday goods....