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How did an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh become wealthy?

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the Pharaohs derived their wealth from the fertile grain growing regions of the nile delta through a system of taxation. They also mounted punitive expeditions against their neighbours where they conquered people and took valuables and extracted tribute.

these people included the Nubians in the south and the people around ancient Palestine. The Nubians had vast amounts of gold and there were timber (cedar wood)and gem mines in area around modern day Lebanon.

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