The opium trade has flourished from the…

1341 BCE to 1198 BCE

The opium trade has flourished from the reigns of Thutmose IV to Akhenaton and King Tutankhamen; the trade route has included the Minoans, the Phoenicians, and the Mycenaeans.

The Egyptians around 1300 BCE cultivate opium thebaicum in the famous poppy fields of Thebes.

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Thebes Egypt View →

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Akhenaten View → Tutankhamun View →

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Egyptians View → Minoan (Cretan) culture, Late View → Egypt (Ancient), New Kingdom of View → Phoenicians View →

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Nordic Bronze Age View → Bronze Age collapse View →

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Narcotics View →

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Commerce View →

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