CLA 2101 Lecture 13: Lect. 13 - Mediterranean Trade Networks
12 Sep 2015
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The pre-roman tribes in italy had connections that were trading with them. From the east, they were getting precious stones like lapis lazuli which comes from afghanistan. Egyptians used it everywhere and the greeks used it as beads. Stone vases took a long time because you had to hollow them out with a drill. Sometimes there would be repairs to the vases. They got their copper mainly from cyprus and their tin from afghanistan. The oxhide ingot looks like the skin of an ox laid out. The other form of an ingot is a bun. It was a measure for the tin that you were purchasing. There are two kinds of ivory: hippopotamus and elephant ivory which is made from their tusks. Elephant tusks are larger and you can peel them to make a laminate. They made head rests and many other things out of it.
