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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The problem was if you have a basically landlocked power and want to get to the sea, then you'd better have a navy.

问题是,如果你是一个强大的内陆国家,你想使自己的势力到达海洋,最好要有一支海军

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