What was the importance of trade to the native civilizations that emerged along the Nile south of Egypt?
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Nubia, the 1,000-mile stretch of the Nile between Aswan and Khartoum, was a corridor for trade connecting sub-Saharan Africa with Egypt. It was both a conduit for luxury items such as myrrh, ivory, and ebony and a rich source of raw materials such as copper and gold. The exchange of ideas, culture, and technology was particularly significant during the periods when Egypt administered Nubia directly. After the eleventh century B.C.E. Egyptian control waned and the powerful native kingdoms centered in Napata and Meroë emerged. Meroitic culture was marked by stronger sub-Saharan influences. Meroë continued to be a crossroads for trade, as well as an important iron-smelting center. After the profitable Roman Empire trade was diverted to the Red Sea area, Meroë's civilization collapsed in the early fourth century C.E.
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