Question

Which are characteristics of trade in ancient Egypt? Select all correct answers

A. Desert caravans where the primary means of trading goods
B. Egypt traded for cedar from Lebanon
C. Egypt imported horses
D. Egypt exported lumber to other parts of Africa

Answer 1

answer is B
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Answer 2

`Check mark` Egypt traded for cedar from Lebanon

`Check mark` Desert caravans where the primary means of trading goods

Step-by-step explanation:

EXTRA

Frist of all they were like very good traders...Kinds they things They traded would have been gold, papyrus, linen, and grain for cedar wood, ebony, copper, iron, ivory, and lapis lazuli... Trade was also important to the economies of ancient civilizations. When Egyptians first settled along the Nile, the resources of the river supplied them with what they needed to survive. Grain grew quickly in the healthy soil of the Nile, so the people had plenty to eat.

KEY POINTS

1. Trade was occurring in the 5th century BCE onwards, especially with Canaan, Lebanon, Nubia and Punt.
2. Just before the First Dynasty, Egypt had a colony in southern Canaan that produced Egyptian pottery for export to Egypt.
3. In the Second Dynasty, Byblos provided quality timber that could not be found in Egypt.
4. By the Fifth Dynasty, trade with Punt gave Egyptians gold, aromatic resins, ebony, ivory, and wild animals.
5. A well-traveled land route from the Nile to the Red Sea crossed through the Wadi Hammamat. Another route, the Darb el-Arbain, was used from the time of the Old Kingdom of Egypt.
6. Egyptians built ships as early as 3000 BCE by lashing planks of wood together and stuffing the gaps with reeds. They used them to import goods from Lebanon and Punt.