ON THE COMMERCE OF MEROE.
Requisites for a State enjoying extensive Commerce. —
Advantageous Position of Meroe. — Probable Extent of her
Commerce. — The Facility afforded to its Extension by
Means of the Camel. — Commerce of Arabia and India. —
Abundance of Gold. — Iron and Gum. — Ethiopian Tribute to
Egypt. — Description of a splendid Ethiopian Procession
at Thebes. — Commerce of the Interior. — Causes of the
Decline of Meroe. — Diminution of her agricultural
Resources. — Exhaustion of Mines. — Rivalry of Egypt. —
Wars with Egypt. — Arab Conquest. — Present Commerce 321