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Ancient Kanesh: Merchant Colony Bronze Age Anatolia by Mogens Trolle Larsen HCDJ
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
1107119561
ISBN-13
9781107119567
eBay Product ID (ePID)
211334993
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
344 Pages
Publication Name
Ancient Kanesh : a Merchant Colony in Bronze Age Anatolia
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Subject
Archaeology, Industries / Retailing
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
25.2 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2015-016123
Reviews
"In [this] beautifully detailed new book ... we meet dozens of the traders of Kanesh and their relatives back home in Assur. Larsen has been able to construct family trees, detailing how siblings and cousins, parents and spouses, traded with one another and often worked against one another." Adam Davidson, The New York Times Magazine
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
939/.34
Table Of Content
1. Introduction; Part I. Beginnings: 2. The discovery; 3. The mound at Kültepe; 4. The lower town; 5. Understanding the texts; 6. Chronology and change; Part II. The Home Town: 7. Assur; 8. The king in Assur; 9. The government of a city; 10. The year eponym; Part III. Anatolia: 11. The Anatolians and their land; 12. The colonial system; 13. The government of a colony; Part IV. Economy and Society: 14. The caravan trade; 15. Quantities and origins; 16. Families and money; 17. Where did the money come from?; 18. Law and death; Part V. Cultures: 19. Cultural interaction; 20. Religion; Part VI. Interpretations: 21. Economic theory and evidence.
Synopsis
The ancient Anatolian city of Kanesh (present-day K ltepe, Turkey) was a continuously inhabited site from the early Bronze Age through Roman times. The city flourished ca. 2000-1750 BCE as an Old Assyrian trade outpost and the earliest attested commercial society in world history. More than 23,000 elaborate clay tablets from private merchant houses provide a detailed description of a system of long-distance trade that reached from central Asia to the Black Sea region and the Aegean. The texts record common activities such as trade between Kanesh and the city state of Assur and between Assyrian merchants and local people. The tablets tell us about the economy as well as culture, language, religion, and private lives of individuals we can identify by name, occupation, and sometimes even personality. This book presents an in-depth account of this vibrant Bronze Age Anatolian society, revealing the daily lives of its inhabitants., The ancient Anatolian city of Kanesh (present-day Kültepe, Turkey) was a continuously inhabited site from the early Bronze Age through Roman times. The city flourished c.2000-1750 BCE as an Old Assyrian trade outpost and the earliest attested commercial society in world history. More than 23,000 elaborate clay tablets from private merchant houses provide a detailed description of a system of long-distance trade that reached from central Asia to the Black Sea region and the Aegean. The texts record common activities such as trade between Kanesh and the city state of Assur, and between Assyrian merchants and local people. The tablets tell us about the economy as well as the culture, language, religion, and private lives of individuals we can identify by name, occupation, and sometimes even personality. This book presents an in-depth account of this vibrant Bronze Age Anatolian society, revealing the daily lives of its inhabitants., This book presents a detailed description of the political, cultural, and economic world of ancient Kanesh (present-day Kültepe, Turkey), a vibrant Bronze Age Anatolian trade outpost and the earliest attested commercial society in world history.
LC Classification Number
HF5475.T92 L37 2015
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