Commerce and colonization in the ancient Near East
| 1. Verfasser: |
Aubet Semmler, María Eugenia.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Cambridge , New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Umfang/Format: |
vii, 414 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Machine generated contents note: Part I. The Debate Concerning Ancient Economy: 1. The first great debate: primitivists vs. modernists; 2. Karl Polanyi and his view of ancient economy; 3. Colonialism and cultures in contact: theorisings and critiques; 4. The place of trade in ancient economies; Part II. Trade and Colonialism in the Near East: 5. State trade vs. private initiative; 6. Uruk and the first colonialism; 7. Byblos and Egypt: reciprocity and shared ideologies; 8. The Assyrian trading circuit in Anatolia: the metropolis; 9. The Assyrian trading circuit in Anatolia: the colonies; 10. Final thoughts.
