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. How did ancient Egypt begin to move away from bartering, or directly exchanging goods? In other words, how did the ancient Egyptians make sure the amounts of items traded were equal and fair? Why was this important to international trade?​

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Ancient Egyptians began to move away from bartering as a coin system was established. Certain prices for items were set by the government, which was a command economy. This effected international trade by making Ancient Egypt able to trade with more countries.

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Answer:

With the Deben

Step-by-step explanation:

The Deben was a measure of weight in copper, the Deben itself was worthless it couldn't be sold or bought, so for example everything was compared to how much it was worth in Debens, so if a kg of wheat was worth 1 Deben and a donkey was worth 15 debens, then 15 kg of wheat would be worth a Donkey, so 15 kg of wheat would be a fair trade for a donkey. Cause its worth in Debens were similar, they were fairly traded, so Debens were never involved in the transaction but it was the generally used measure for worth.

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