Foreign Trade and Transport

Foreign Trade and Transport
Foreign Contacts Historical and Literary Evidence The Egyptians regarded their own country as the center of the world, and although they entered into commercial and trading activities with other http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/foreign-contacts-historical-and.html
Land Transport Most traveling in Egypt was undertaken by river, but other means were needed to convey the traveler overland from the river to his destination or http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/land-transport.html
Water Transport The Nile and its canals provided the usual means of traveling in the Delta and along the valley. The Nile, the country’s natural highway, was used http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/water-transport.html
Maps Few maps of ancient Egypt (that is, plans locating particular geographical sites) have survived, but there are cosmological or star http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/maps.html
Trade of Goods Domestic merchandising never became a major feature of Egyptian society. The geographical conditions of the country and the royal http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/trade-of-goods.html
Trading Expeditions The Egyptians launched by land and sea both military and commercial expeditions; the latter included trading ventures and/or mining and http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/trading-expeditions.html
Trade in the Greco-Roman Period Although Egypt was first conquered and ruled by the Assyrians and Persians, it was only when the Ptolemies and Romans came to power http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/trade-in-greco-roman-period.html