Old Assyrian trade network

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Bronze Age trade system historical trade network

The Old Assyrian trade network was an extensive Middle Bronze Age commercial system centered on Assur that linked Mesopotamia with Anatolian cities through long-distance caravan trade in textiles, tin, and other goods.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Assyrian trade network 1
Old Assyrian trading colonies 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bronze Age trade system ⓘ
historical trade network ⓘ
administrativeCenter Assur NERFINISHED ⓘ
approximateEndCenturyBCE 18th century BCE ⓘ
approximateStartCenturyBCE 20th century BCE ⓘ
centeredIn Upper Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
centeredOn Assur NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologicalContext Old Assyrian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
documentation Old Assyrian contracts ⓘ
Old Assyrian letters ⓘ
cuneiform tablets ⓘ
economicRole long-distance trade ⓘ
redistribution of metals ⓘ
textile export system ⓘ
exportedFrom Assur NERFINISHED ⓘ
importedTo Anatolian cities ⓘ
involvedPolity Anatolian city-states ⓘ
Assur NERFINISHED ⓘ
keyNode Burushattum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hattusa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kanesh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kültepe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wahshushana NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageUsed Old Assyrian Akkadian ⓘ
legalFramework Old Assyrian commercial law NERFINISHED ⓘ
linkedRegion Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorCommodity copper ⓘ
finished textiles ⓘ
gold ⓘ
lapis lazuli ⓘ
silver ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
tin ⓘ
wool ⓘ
politicalContext city-state of Assur ⓘ
primaryTransport donkey caravans ⓘ
riskFactor banditry ⓘ
taxation by local rulers ⓘ
socialFeature family-based merchant firms ⓘ
profit-sharing partnerships ⓘ
use of credit and loans ⓘ
supportedBy Assyrian merchant colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ
karum system ⓘ
wabartum stations ⓘ
taxationForm customs duties on goods ⓘ
tolls on caravans ⓘ
timePeriod Middle Bronze Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
tradeRouteType overland caravan route ⓘ
writingSystem Old Assyrian cuneiform NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old Assyrian commercial law → appliesTo → Old Assyrian trade network ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Assyrian trading colonies
Kaneš → partOf → Old Assyrian trade network ⓘ
Neša → partOf → Old Assyrian trade network ⓘ
Old Assyrian commercial law → relatedTo → Old Assyrian trade network ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assyrian trade network