In the late middle ages people could use in overland route between the mouth of the Nile river On the Mediterranean Coast and the Red Sea In Arabia What was a disadvantage of That overland route as a trade route to the east

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Gisselle Watts

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9 June, 03:52

In the late middle ages people could use in overland route between the mouth of the Nile river On the Mediterranean Coast and the Red Sea In Arabia What was a disadvantage of That overland route as a trade route to the east

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The overland routes of the Nile River and Mediterranean sea were trade routes used by merchants trading in ancient Egypt and across the middle East and Arabian nations. The ancient Egyptians traded gold, linen, copper, ebony, papyrus, grain and iron.

Egyptian traders met traders from other civilization just beyond the mouth of the Nile River to trade goods.

Disadvantages of the overland routes include; The route crossed a barren and really hot desert which made traveling challenging.

Also, the Egyptians placed a heavy tax on the usage of the route.

The discovery of the Cape of good hope made the route obsolete.