# Egyptian Trade and Economy

Understand that ancient Egypt had a thriving economy based on farming surplus, trade, and specialised labour: the Nile's fertile soil produced enough food to support craftworkers, priests, and officials, and Egypt traded along the Nile and across the Mediterranean — exchanging gold, papyrus, and grain for cedarwood from Lebanon, lapis lazuli from Afghanistan, and incense from Punt

Builds on: Egyptian Social Hierarchy (hard, https://ai.page/c/egyptian-social-hierarchy/en.md), Upper and Lower Egypt (hard, https://ai.page/c/upper-and-lower-egypt/en.md), Scribes and the Rosetta Stone (soft, https://ai.page/c/scribes-and-the-rosetta-stone/en.md)

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