Trade, Statehood, and Configurations of Power in Ancient Egypt (Early-Middle Bronze Age)

As a geographical crossroads and inescapable trading axis, Egypt’s location stimulated collaboration and rivalries between local powers, central authorities and “marginal” populations in order to monitor these flows of wealth. So trade, markets and control over the circulation of coveted goods may explain the strategies and changes of these actors in the configuration of political power in the Nile Valley over the longue durée.