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The Merrimack entered into battle against the wooden Union ships at Hampton Roads. The Union cannons fired shot after shot at the Merrimack with no success. The cannonballs bounced right off. The Merrimack then took aim at the Union ship the USS Cumberland. It smashed its iron ram right into the side of the ship. The Cumberland sunk. Then the Merrimack went after the USS Minnesota, damaging the ship and forcing it to ground. After hours of fighting, the Merrimack returned to Norfolk for the night.
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The overland routes of the Nile River and Mediterranean sea were trade routes used by merchants trading in ancient Egypt and across the middle East and Arabian nations. The ancient Egyptians traded gold, linen, copper, ebony, papyrus, grain and iron.
Egyptian traders met traders from other civilization just beyond the mouth of the Nile River to trade goods.
Disadvantages of the overland routes include; The route crossed a barren and really hot desert which made traveling challenging.
Also, the Egyptians placed a heavy tax on the usage of the route.
The discovery of the Cape of good hope made the route obsolete.
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