Introduction
The Ancient Egyptian has many aspects to there economy that makes there lives successful. Egyptians use the ways of trading, farms and there educated minds to make their everyday lives strive. The ancient Egyptians had many jobs that they needed to keep the economy and that is many of the jobs we have today.
Agriculture created most of Egypt's wealth. Grain, vegetables, fruit, cattle, goats, pigs and fowl were grown, and fish from the Nile were caught, and eventual surpluses, after deduction of the various taxes, were sold on the markets. All the fish consumed was caught in the Nile. Hunting and gathering played a small economic role over all, but may have been crucial to the survival of the poorest. A large part of the manufactured goods came from the families which produced the raw materials. Labour was divided according to gender, with the processing generally left to the women. Men grew flax. Their women spun it and wove the linen. A sizable proportion of the grain produced was used for beer production. The fish caught by the men had to be cleaned and dried, which was usually done by women, to be of much use in the hot climate of Egypt, unless they were consumed immediately. The ancient Egyptians were excellent traders. They traded gold, papyrus, linen, and grain cedar wood, ebony, copper, iron, ivory, and lapis lazuli. Ships sailed up and down the Nile River, bringing goods to various ports. Once goods were unloaded, goods were sent to different merchants by camel, cart, or on foot. Egyptians traders met traders from other civilizations just beyond the mouth of the Nile, to trade for goods brought to them, but they did not often travel beyond the Nile River.The ancient Egyptians bought goods from merchants. They traded goods through their shops and in the public marketplaces. Egyptians didn't have money like we have.They had a money / barter system. They had fixed prices on their goods so they would know what the goods were worth and what could be traded for them. They didn't actually use coinage. The cost of things were measured by a deben. A deben was a piece of copper that weighed about 90 grams. In the towns, small factories appeared. They were usually owned by rich noblemen.