So: the great civilizations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and the area we refer to as the Fertile Crescent, of which a little part here about the size of Rhode Island is Canaan.

古埃及，美索不达米亚地区,我们称之为新月沃地，这里的这一小部分,跟罗德州岛差不多大的是迦南。

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So you have three main trade routes that cross the country, and they were used by trading caravans that would carry gold and grain and spices and textiles and other goods between Egypt and the rest of the Fertile Crescent and up into Asia Minor.

你有三条主要道路穿过这个国家，他们被通商的车队所使用,驮着金子，谷物，香料，纺织品和其他货物,在埃及与其他肥沃的伊斯兰教国家间,向上到达小亚细亚。

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