Ancient Kanesh (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107119567)

The ancient Anatolian city of Kanesh (present-day Kültepe, Turkey) was a continuously inhabited site from the early Bronze Age through Roman times. The city flourished ca. 2000-1750 BCE as an Old Assyrian trade outpost and the earliest attested commercial society in world history. More than 23,000 elaborate clay tablets from private merchant houses provide a detailed description of a system of long-distance trade that reached from central Asia to the Black Sea region and the Aegean. The texts record common activities such as trade between Kanesh and the city state of Assur and between Assyrian merchants and local people. The tablets tell us about the economy as well as culture, language, religion, and private lives of individuals we can identify by name, occupation, and sometimes even personality. This book presents an in-depth account of this vibrant Bronze Age Anatolian society, revealing the daily lives of its inhabitants.

Author: Mogens Trolle Larsen
ISBN-10: 1107119561
ISBN-13: 9781107119567
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/17/2015
Pages: 344
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.56lbs
Size: 9.35h x 6.27w x 0.92d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2016