Ancient Kanesh: A Merchant Colony in Bronze Age Anatolia

ISBN-13: 9781107552036 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 342 str.

Mogens Trolle Larsen

Opis

This book presents a detailed description of the political, cultural, and economic world of ancient Kanesh (present-day Kultepe, Turkey).

Recenzje

'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

Spis treści

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.