Thorny Geopolitical Problems in the Palace G Archives. The Ebla Southern Horizon, Part One: the Middle Orontes Basin

Bonechi, Marco

doi:10.4000/syria.4985

Cited by 2 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Although most scholars agree that these interactions consisted of exchanges of low-bulk/high-value items mainly organized by palatial institutions (Massa and Palmisano, 2018b: 80;Crawford, 2013), records from the Ebla archives suggests the emergence, at least in Upper Mesopotamia, of a stable cooperation between palaces and private traders in the exchange of substantial volumes of commodities [a] (Winters, 2019;Benati and Bonechi, 2020). To further illustrate, the Syrian long-distance trades were both regulated by political treaties and supported by institutional infrastructures such as specialized merchant settlements, affiliated markets, and armed escorts [a] (Bonechi, 2016).…”

Section: Kingdoms Period (2500-2350 Bce)mentioning

confidence: 99%

The economic and institutional determinants of trade expansion in Bronze Age Greater Mesopotamia

Benati

Guerriero

Zaina

2021

Journal of Archaeological Science

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Kingdoms Period (2500-2350 Bce)mentioning

confidence: 99%

The economic and institutional determinants of trade expansion in Bronze Age Greater Mesopotamia

Benati

Guerriero

Zaina

2021

Journal of Archaeological Science

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Before the Kingdom of the Hittites

Barjamovic¹

2022

The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East: Volume II

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This chapter is dedicated to the history of Anatolia prior to the formation of the Hittite State in the seventeenth century bc. At this time, the region was divided into several dozen micro-states, each centered on a ruling couple and their residence. These “grand residences” were the locus of extensive court societies led by cadres of landholding officials who oversaw local production and managed a system of international trade. The trade was based on mercantilist principles of geographical monopoly and strong political protectionism guaranteed by treaty. States invested in their physical infrastructure to attract and protect merchants. Trade was both an important source of income and a way to obtain exotica in societies where social power was built on overt displays of wealth and the enactment of status through prestige objects and grand feasts. The period leading up to the Hittite state saw a gradual centralization of political and executive power into a smaller number of states with hierarchies of multiple local urban centers and courts.

show abstract

Thorny Geopolitical Problems in the Palace G Archives. The Ebla Southern Horizon, Part One: the Middle Orontes Basin

Cited by 2 publications

References 0 publications

The economic and institutional determinants of trade expansion in Bronze Age Greater Mesopotamia

The economic and institutional determinants of trade expansion in Bronze Age Greater Mesopotamia

Before the Kingdom of the Hittites

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About