Transcript 4 Trade in Early Civsx

Trade in Early Civilizations
Trade Expansion from local to regional and
transregional
Between Egypt and Nubia
Between Mesopotamia
and the Indus River Valley
 Gold, ivory, ebony,
 The first long-distance trade
ostrich feathers, doam
(palm fruits), and exotic
products, and animals
like giraffes and monkeys
 These items were then
traded through Egypt to
the rest of the
Mediterranean world
occurred between
Mesopotamia and the Indus
Valley in Pakistan around
3000 BC, historians believe.
Traded luxury goods like:
spices, textiles and precious
metals. Cities that were rich in
these commodities became
financially rich, too, and had a
desire for jewelry, fancy robes
and imported delicacies.
Trade from Mesopotamia to the Indus River
Valley
The Khyber Pass
Nubia to Egypt
Early Civilization Comparison