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The Middle Kingdom Egyptians use to trade Hippo tusk Ivory to other societies around the Mediterranean. Hippos are hard to kill with modern guns, how did the Egyptians hunt them with Bronze Age weapons?

by /u/grapp in /r/AskHistorians

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