NMC102H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Kültepe, List Of Assyrian Kings, Upper Mesopotamia
22 Feb 2018
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Ancient empires lecture 13: divided into old assyrian time (karum kanesh ii) and old assyrian (karum. Will focus on assur (northern mesopotamia) and kanes/kultepe (in central turkey) In kultepe have evidence of trade tablets: lower town was occupied for 250 years, had a citadel -- wanted to tye levels from citadel with lower town, lower town had a defensive wall. Karum kanesh (local name: nesha: akkadian term karum = harubour, quay or also means trading post, people worked here were private rulers. Traded commodities: assur to kanehs, textiles, tin (for bronze), and lapislazuli, kanesh to assur, silver and gold, families would fund self and their trading ventures. But sometimes the trading partners would help out: know of at least 23 places for trade, know of 15 trading stations in smaller cities. Karum kanesh: trading colony itself, collective of traders, capital of trading groups, had its own government for trade.
