Economic life in Islamic Egypt

Egypt had a special place among the Arabs, and Egypt has been known throughout its history as an agricultural country is primarily sung by the Arabs when they wrote it. So the Muslim Arabs conquered Egypt worthwhile to dig canals, build bridges, bridges, digging the canal, which was between the River Nile and the Red Sea to link the Mediterranean Sea through the River Nile "and benefit from Egypt's location between Asia, Africa, Europe and the opening of Egypt to the world

Also interested in the establishment of standards of the Egyptian rulers of the Nile in Aswan and Dendera and Cairo to see the amount of water inflow to Egypt to determine the taxes. The Egyptians interested in cultivation of economic crops such as wheat, important grain and other crops and agricultural departments have prepared her to oversee the agricultural land and set taxes on agricultural land with the proper treatment of the peasants in the opposite of what was levied the suffering of Egyptian peasants days of the Greeks and Romans

 In addition to agriculture, industry and trade have contributed to the strengthening of economic activity, such as the textile industry linen and silk and wool and the most important centers of Fustat, Damietta, Akhmim to the glass industry, oil and sugar

Site also had the greatest impact in Egypt concerns over trade between the East and the West, In addition to foreign trade there was domestic trade

 During the Mamluk era worked to secure the ports in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, especially in Alexandria, Damietta and Port Aivan on the Red Sea and worked to lure traders Europe DVB to these ports as well as the roads of the Interior, secure and well cared for livestock breeding of all types of sheep and cattle and in hand industrial interest Mamluk war industries, arms, textiles, metal, glass and fabrics as well as many small-scale industries and the creation minute special centers in Fustat, Fayoum, and Alexandria Alohmonyen

 From here, we find that the economic situation in Egypt has seen great interest in whether agricultural, industrial or trading of the rulers of Egypt so that you can insisting Taatbw status among the nations and rulers to help install the rule of life and prosperity of the Egyptians were not exposed to unforeseen circumstances affecting them, such as invasion or war