Abstract
This work focuses on the study of the canal that in the past linked the Nile with the Red Sea. Control over the Nile through an artificial canal allowed the Egyptians to use water as means to increase mobility, which permitted a higher transit of goods and people between the river delta and the Gulf of Suez. In addition to being used to irrigate the territory crossing Wadi Tumilat, and as a defense against the enemies from the East, the Egyptian canal that started at the Pelusiac arm was used mainly to import sumptuary goods from the East and to export grain and other products to the East. Also, fluvial transit through the canal reduced travel time and increased the amount of goods being transported.
Highlights
La construcción artificial en el delta nilótico de un canal que unió la ribera del Nilo con el Mar Rojo se conoce en las fuentes literarias desde época faraónica hasta la dominación árabe del territorio
Control over the Nile through an artificial canal allowed the Egyptians to use water as means to increase mobility, which permitted a higher transit of goods and people between the river delta and the Gulf of Suez
Días utilizados y adversidades climáticas concluye destacando las ventajas logísticas de los puertos del sureste conectados vía Coptos versus Mar Rojo-Canal del Nilo; J.P. COOPER, “No easy option: Nile versus red Sea in ancient and medieval north-south navigation”, en W.V. HARRIS, K
Summary
La construcción artificial en el delta nilótico de un canal que unió la ribera del Nilo con el Mar Rojo se conoce en las fuentes literarias desde época faraónica hasta la dominación árabe del territorio. Mesopotamia y Egipto, Madrid 1998, Monnier pone de manifiesto una construcción más tardía del canal durante el Primer Período Intermedio (2350-2008), en una época en la que el Wadi Tumilat aún estuvo bañado por las aguas del Nilo hasta el lago Timsah.
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