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Indonesian exports to Egypt include crude palm oil, coffee, tea, textiles and electronic devices among other things. [8] In 2014, Indonesia's exports' rate rose by 21.71 percent to a value of $1.34 billion. [9] Egypt's exports to Indonesia, on the other hand, have reached $94.4 million in 2013 and included minerals, cement and fruits among ...
The Egyptians had traded in the Red Sea, importing spices, gold and exotic wood from the "Land of Punt" and from Arabia. [4] Indian goods were brought in Arabian and Indian vessels to Aden . [ 4 ] Rawlinson identifies the long-debated "ships of Tarshish ," as a Tyrian fleet equipped at Ezion-Geber that made several trading voyages to the east ...
The official number of Arab and part-Arab descent in Indonesia was recorded since 19th century. The census of 1870 recorded a total of 12,412 Arab Indonesians (7,495 living in Java and Madura and the rest in other islands). By 1900, the total number of Arabs citizens increased to 27,399, then 44,902 by 1920, and 71,335 by 1930. [5]
Although Egypt is not a member of OPEC, it is a member of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries. [2] As of 2005, Egypt's proven oil reserves were estimated at 3.7 billion bbl (590 million m 3), of which 2.9 billion bbl (460 million m 3) was crude oil and 0.8 billion bbl (130 million m 3) were natural gas liquids. [2]
Arab naval trade was contested by the Greeks, who tried to challenge Arab control of maritime trade between India and Egypt during the early Middle Ages. Arab trade persisted during the period, and Greek naval trade dwindled. [22] There were a number of harbors on the Arabian Peninsula, some of which remain in operation.
According to Plutarch (De Iside et Osiride) and Suidas (s. v. Μανήθως), the Egyptian priest Manetho (ca. 300 BCE) is said to have written a treatise called "On the preparation of kyphi" (Περὶ κατασκευη̑ϛ κυφίων), but no copy of this work survives.
Scented candles are produced when fragrance oils are combined with hot wax like paraffin, forming a homogenous solution. [citation needed] Fragrance oils are retained like a sponge when the wax is cooled to room temperature. Lighting the candle wick increases the wax temperature, gradually releasing an aroma through the evaporation of the ...
Balanos oil is a semidrying oil pressed from the seeds of Balanites aegyptiaca; it was used in Ancient Egypt as the base for perfumes. [citation needed]The fact that perfumes are absorbed and retained by oils and fats was known in Egypt, Africa, China and India at an early date, and later to the Greeks, Koreans, Japanese and Romans; it was the basis of perfume-making in the ancient world, and ...