The reason the ancient Egyptians kept their method of making papyrus paper a secret was so <u>they could </u><u>sell </u><u>the </u><u>paper </u><u>to </u><u>other nations. </u>
The ancient Egyptians:
Invented a way to make paper using papyrus.
Sold this paper to other countries.
The process of making paper from papyrus was known to only a few people and it was an early form of protecting intellectual property because they did not want the nations they sold the paper to, to find out how to make the paper as they would then stop buying from Egypt.
In conclusion, they did it to protect their trade.
