EGYPTIAN
MERCHANT - EGYPTIAN - 1250
The Ancient Egyptian Navy has a very extensive history almost
as old as the nation itself. Our best sources over the type
of ships they used and their purposes come from the reliefs
from the various religious temples that spread throughout
the land. While the early ships that were used to sail the
Nile were often made out of reeds, the ocean and seagoing
ships were then made out of cedar wood, most probably from
the woods of Byblos in present day Lebanon. While the use
of navy was not as important to the Egyptians as it may have
been to the Greeks or Romans, it still proved its worth during
the Thutmoside campaigns and even in defending Egypt under
Ramisis III.
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