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![Ancient Egypt: Economy](/uploads/kraked/6/6-1261_ci_preview.jpg)
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Ancient Egypt: Economy
This video is an explanation of ancient Egyptian economy.
Source: Burstein, M. Stanley, "World History: Ancient Civilizations". Social Studies. Holt, California. 2006.
![Geography, Economy, & Trade in Ancient Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/170.jpg?v=1720013824)
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Geography, Economy, & Trade in Ancient Egypt
Akhet Barter Bureaucracy Canal Caravan Cataract Deben Delta Famine Memphis River Nile Peret Shaduf Shemu Silt Thebes/Luxor
![Adam Smith](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/18204.png?v=1701360898)
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Adam Smith
Adam Smith (1723-1790) was a Scottish philosopher, economist, and leading Enlightenment figure. In The Wealth of Nations, he advocates free trade and limited interference in markets by governments, for which he is seen as the founder of liberal...
![Meiji Period](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/16573.jpg?v=1666769168)
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Meiji Period
The Meiji period refers to the period in Japanese history from 1868 to 1912 during which the Meiji Emperor reigned. Following the overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate in the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Japan's new leaders embarked on a program...
![Continental System](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/17696.jpg?v=1716198963)
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Continental System
The Continental System was a major blockade of British trade imposed by French Emperor Napoleon I from 21 November 1806 to 11 April 1814. It was designed to cripple the British economy, thereby forcing Britain out of the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815...
![Pax Romana Emperors - Web Quest](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/8688.jpg?v=1709734866)
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Pax Romana Emperors - Web Quest
This activity has been designed to fit a 20-30-minute slot for your class and is suitable for both online and classroom teaching. Students have to complete a web quest and record their answer in a table It is part of our Economy...
![Flour War](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/15430.jpg?v=1713380883)
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Flour War
The Flour War refers to the series of approximately 300 riots that swept through France from April to May 1775, because of rising bread prices. The revolts only subsided after soldiers had been deployed, resulting in hundreds of arrests...
![Market Scene](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/2113.png?v=1701220746)
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Market Scene
This is an artist's impression of how an ancient Greek or Roman agora or forum (market) may have looked like.
![Arthashastra](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/2540.jpg?v=1712424843)
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Arthashastra
The Arthashastra is an Indian treatise on politics, economics, military strategy, the function of the state, and social organization attributed to the philosopher and Prime Minister Kautilya (also known as Chanakya, Vishnugupta, l. c. 350-275...
![Egyptian Empire](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/538.png?v=1721385785)
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Egyptian Empire
The Egyptian Empire rose during the period of the New Kingdom (c. 1570- c. 1069 BCE), when the country reached its height of wealth, international prestige, and military might. The empire stretched from modern-day Syria in the north to modern-day...