How did Nubia become a "corridor" for long-distance trade before 3000 B.C.E.?
a. Government policies carefully regulated and promoted trade.
b. Egypt built a river highway for the passage of goods.
c. Nubia had no natural resources of its own and so needed to import them.
d. It connected sub-Saharan Africa with North Africa.
e. Actually, Nubia never did participate in the African trade networks, preferring isolationism.
ANSWER:
d
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