Assyrian merchants at Kanesh

Name: Assyrian merchants at Kanesh
Start: -1900
Location: Kanesh (Kültepe), Anatolia

c. 1900 BC · Kanesh (Kültepe), Anatolia · Middle East · Culture

Ashur's trading post in Anatolia and its 23,000 letters

Assyrian merchants at Kanesh — Wikimedia Commons

In the early 2nd millennium BC merchants from Ashur kept a trading quarter, a kārum, at Kanesh in Anatolia. Donkey caravans brought tin and textiles and returned with silver; over 23,000 cuneiform tablets, letters, loans and contracts, have been found in the merchants' houses.

State: Assyria

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