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... export nothing . Its produc- tions will regulate its exports . Let us take a view of the productions of ancient Egypt . With regard to mines , Egypt had none . But it had quarries of excellent marble ; though we do not read of its being ...
... export nothing . Its produc- tions will regulate its exports . Let us take a view of the productions of ancient Egypt . With regard to mines , Egypt had none . But it had quarries of excellent marble ; though we do not read of its being ...
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... exported to a great distance ; and it is not known whether the art of curing them , as practised in modern times , was then discovered . Of vegetable substances , grain was abun- dant . For many ages Egypt was the granary of surrounding ...
... exported to a great distance ; and it is not known whether the art of curing them , as practised in modern times , was then discovered . Of vegetable substances , grain was abun- dant . For many ages Egypt was the granary of surrounding ...
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... exports of Egypt then must have been corn , linen , horses and paper . We find in Scripture history , a variety of intimations respecting the productions of An- cient Egypt . The history of Joseph informs us , that all nations went to ...
... exports of Egypt then must have been corn , linen , horses and paper . We find in Scripture history , a variety of intimations respecting the productions of An- cient Egypt . The history of Joseph informs us , that all nations went to ...
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... communication is also essential to foreign commerce ; for without this , how can its exports be brought from the in- terior of the country to the sea coast ; or how C can its imports , when imported , be distributed throughout.
... communication is also essential to foreign commerce ; for without this , how can its exports be brought from the in- terior of the country to the sea coast ; or how C can its imports , when imported , be distributed throughout.
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... exports to the coasts . Her harbours , too , though not numerous , were sufficient for the purposes of external commerce . This was proved experi- mentally in a subsequent period of her history . With regard to the construction of ships ...
... exports to the coasts . Her harbours , too , though not numerous , were sufficient for the purposes of external commerce . This was proved experi- mentally in a subsequent period of her history . With regard to the construction of ships ...
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