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... It could not receive anything which it did not previously enjoy , nor could it give in exchange anything but what the other party had already in pos- ORIGIN OF COMMERCE . 3 session . But in consequence 2 THE COMMERCE OF ANCIENT EGYPT .
... It could not receive anything which it did not previously enjoy , nor could it give in exchange anything but what the other party had already in pos- ORIGIN OF COMMERCE . 3 session . But in consequence 2 THE COMMERCE OF ANCIENT EGYPT .
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... gives a rapid circulation to the valu- able discoveries of science and of art . What- ever useful discoveries are made in any science ; whatever new machines are invented ; whatever new remedies for maladies are found out ; they are ...
... gives a rapid circulation to the valu- able discoveries of science and of art . What- ever useful discoveries are made in any science ; whatever new machines are invented ; whatever new remedies for maladies are found out ; they are ...
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... give rise to any great a of foreign commerce . There were , however , some customs a the Egyptians which led to a consumpti foreign commodities ; such , for instance that of embalming the dead . I have s that the Egyptians believed in ...
... give rise to any great a of foreign commerce . There were , however , some customs a the Egyptians which led to a consumpti foreign commodities ; such , for instance that of embalming the dead . I have s that the Egyptians believed in ...
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... give you any description of the pyramids , or the other archi- tectural monuments of the Egyptians . I will only observe , that probably the cost of erecting them was not so great as we may be disposed to imagine . As provisions were ...
... give you any description of the pyramids , or the other archi- tectural monuments of the Egyptians . I will only observe , that probably the cost of erecting them was not so great as we may be disposed to imagine . As provisions were ...
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... give oc- casion to such a procedure . As we have no exact information with regard to the mode of trial , we may , perhaps , be allowed to picture to our imagination the form of the proceedings . Let us suppose it was somewhat like this ...
... give oc- casion to such a procedure . As we have no exact information with regard to the mode of trial , we may , perhaps , be allowed to picture to our imagination the form of the proceedings . Let us suppose it was somewhat like this ...
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abundance acquire advantage agricultural Alexander ancient Egypt Arabia Athens bank banker became brass capital carried Carthage Carthaginians character citizens civilized climate clothing coast coin colonies Commerce is extended commodities conquered conquest of Egypt copper Corinth corn cultivation denarius Egyptians employed established Europe exports extended empire festivals foreign frankincense gold Greece Greeks habits hence history of Egypt history of Greece honor imported increase inhabitants institutions intercourse Julius Cæsar kind knowledge labour land laws lectures less linen luxuries manufactures means Mediterranean Sea ment merce merchant modern mother country nations navigation obtained Persians persons Phoenicians population possession pound pound weight precious produce promote provinces purchase purple quantity racter raw material raw produce Romans Rome sell sestertius shekel ships silk silver slavery slaves soil spices supply taste thou tion trade to India tribes Tyre wealth weight
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