As Eqypt established trade with Kush, the two areas began to develop a close partnership, in which they relied on one another for goods and shared ideas. The Kush people were the only elephant exporting people besides the Indians, and history tells that the Kush presented Egyptians with gold, ostriches, feathers, exotic products and many other gifts.
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At 41 carats, the <u>Dresden Green</u> is the largest natural green diamond in the world. It was probably mined in the Golconda region of India, in the 18th century it was purchased by Friedrich Augustus I of Saxony for 400,000 thaler.
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Building such a lavish complex was an important part of Louis XIV's style of rule and beliefs about monarchy, which we would call absolutism, said Schmidt. "As king of France he was the embodiment of France — and his palace was meant to display the wealth and power of his nation,"