Egyptian Trading
What they traded gold papyrus linen grain artifacts sometimes stolen from pharaohs tomb.
Egyptian trading. The value of imports into egypt is usually equal to about one third and exports about one tenth of the gdp. Just before the first dynasty egypt had a colony in southern canaan that produced egyptian pottery for export to egypt. It was not until the persian invasion of 525 bce that a cash economy was instituted in the country.
Since world war ii exports have tended to fall short of imports. Ancient egyptian trade consisted of the gradual creation of land and sea trade routes connecting the ancient egyptian civilization with the ancient india fertile crescent arabia and sub saharan africa. 3150 bce and continued through roman egypt 30 bce 646 ce.
In the second dynasty byblos provided quality timber that could not be found in egypt. The trade deficit was particularly sizable from 1960 to 1965 as expenditure on development rose reaching a peak in 1966. For most of its history ancient egypt s economy operated on a barter system without cash.
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