Trading in African Goods. Especially important for Egypt was that Nubia was also a corridor to central Africa and a point for the trans-shipment of exotic goods from that region, including: frankincense, myrrh, "green gold," ivory, ebony and other exotic woods, precious oils, resins and gums, panther and leopard skins, monkeys, dogs, giraffes, ostrich feathers and eggs, as well as pygmies (who became important to Egyptian religious rituals). In the Old Kingdom, the Egyptians regularly penetrated as far as the Second Cataract to barter for these products which were coming down through the upper Nile Valley (viz., the expeditions of Harkhuf, Hekayib, Mekhu and Sabni). read more information :
http://www.thenubian.net/nubold.php
The Kerma culture evolved out of the Neolithic around 2400 BC. The Kushite rulers of Kerma profited from the trading such luxury goods as gold, ivory, ebony, incense, and even live animals to the Egyptian Pharaohs. For more info please visit : http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/stsmith/research/nubia_history.html
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answered by ReDWiNe 4
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Nubia had a lot of gold, carnelian, ivory, ebony and animal skins from further south in Africa that they traded with Egypt, until Egypt took over Nubia.
2007-01-29 16:20:32
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answered by Rabbityama 6
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