# Greeks and Egyptian trading

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [February 26, 2018, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greeks-and-egyptian-trading/809634 "2018-02-26T23:51:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greeks-and-egyptian-trading/809634/1 "2018-02-26T23:51:07Z")

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> **[Did the Greeks borrow Egyptian gods?](https://www.straightdope.com/21343285/did-the-greeks-borrow-egyptian-gods)**
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> A STAFF REPORT FROM THE STRAIGHT DOPE SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD

Only a small snark, but I felt it needed to be made because of how I first read it.

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> Naucratis was declared a **Greek free-trade zone** by the pharaoh Amasis in 560 BC2.

As fans of xkcd might tell you, that’s much different than a **Greek-free trade zone**.