Trade Routes of Ancient Times

Using the following website - http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/trade/index.html - identify the trade routes and partners of the ancient Egyptians as well as what they traded and with whom.

Using the following website - http://www.penn.museum/sites/iraq/?page_id=52 - idnetify the trade routes and partners of ancient Mesopotamia as well as what they traded with whom.

Aside from the goods that were traded back and forth, identify three other important things that were distributed along these trade routes.

Hammurabi's Code

In studying the history of early civilizations we are often left with which to analyze their way of life.  A famous stone pillar that was stolen from Mesopotamia as a trophy of battle was found to contain ancient writing - when this writing was deciphered it was discovered to be a list of laws.  The laws have come to be known as Hammurabi's Code - the laws laid out by this king which may be the foundation for many of the systems of law in the modern world. 
This site - http://www.jstor.org/stable/528333 - provides a brief explanation of what each law pertains to. It is a good starting point in understanding the culture from which these laws came.