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Re:An Ancient Egypt-to-Black Sea Route? Adventurers to Test ... by johncla99 on Friday August 02, 2019 @10:21AM (#20593136)
Egypt to the Black Sea is UPSTREAM via the Dardenelles and the Bosporus. That's step one in the original route. It seems that a test run in the DOWNSTREAM direction will be less than convincing.
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Re:An Ancient Egypt-to-Black Sea Route? Adventurers to Test ... by elif on Friday August 02, 2019 @10:29AM (#20593216)
If you can walk with spices gems and minerals, build a ship, and sail back with bulk goods, nautical trade is proved viable.
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