Ancient Mediterranean trade links.

Abstract

Abstract This chapter describes the commercial, political, and trade landscape of the early ancient civilizations. It consists of ten subchapters which are about the early Egyptian-Levantine trade, the Minoans and Mycenaeans, the invisible commodities in early commerce between Egypt and the Levant, Solomon and the Kingdom of Israel, Phoenicians, emergence of the Greek City States, Alexander and the City of Alexandria, Egypt under the Ptolemies, Rome and Carthage rise and fight for Mediterranean supremacy, and lastly, the Romans control of Egypt.