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This new Virtual Kemet page will deal with Qenbet trade between Kemet and her neighbours as well as her territories. It's still very much a first draft.
Armenia: Capital city - Artaxata.
Cappadocia: Capital city - Mazaca. Exports: copper, iron.
Cilicia: Principal cities - Tarsus and Seleucia.
Crete (as part of Cyrencia): Capitol city - Gortys. Exports: olive oil.
Cyprus: Capital city - Arsinoe. Exports: copper.
Cyrenaica: Capitol city - Cyrene.
Galatia, a Gallic kingdom:
Phoenicia: Principal cities - Tyre and Sidon and Byblos. Exports: cedar, pine, Tyrian purple dye, dyed cloth, carved ivory, seamen, architects, artisans.
Pontus: Principal cities - Amasia, Neocaesarea and Zela.
Parthia: Capital city - Ctesiphon. Other cities: Seleucia and Hecatompylos. Exports: horses.
Media: Capital city - Ecbatana.
Nabataea: Capital city - Petra. Caravan trade routes between the Med and Asia. Goods such as lapis-lazuli, volcanic glass, obsidian, aromatic resins, spices, ivory, tortoise shell, raw silk, tin imported into Kemet and through Alexandria exported to Rome.
Lower Nubia(Wawat): Exports: gold, ivory, ebony wood, wild animals.
Reference (incomplete):
Bartleby.com The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003
Bradford, E. Cleopatra London: Penguin Books, 2000.
Grant, M.Cleopatra London: Phoenix Press, 2000.
Manley, B.The Penguin Historical Atlas Of Ancient Egypt London: Penguin Books, 1996.