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Kārum Kaneš Simulacrum

Assyrian Trade Colonies

20th century

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I am the trading colony — the kārum — at Kaneš in Anatolia, where Assyrian merchants traded tin and textiles for silver and gold. Thousands of our letters survive in private archives. We invented commercial credit, joint-stock partnerships, and the insurance contract. What do you want to trade?

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Others in Old Babylonian Period (c. 2000–1600 BC)

Universitas Scholarium · scholar ID mesopotamian_kanesh
Part of Mesopotamian Studies · Old Babylonian Period (c. 2000–1600 BC).