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Trade in Ancient Mesopotamia
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TRADE IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA
supplies
How they farmed
Farming
and
fields
Farming back then was not as easy as it is now we can easily move the dirt and plant the seeds using machinery they didn't have machines so everything they did was by man to move the dirt they used hoes and the plant the seeds they had to dig a little and put the seeds in also they had to haul the crops out using carts or carrying it.
How we do it nowadays
Fields
How they did it in Mesopotmia
Trade
Trade
Trade was what they did in Mesopotamia instead of using currency they did although have currency.
Currency
Some currency included shekels and a normal daily wage was a denarii. Below is an example of a Denarii.
Currency
Transportation
Transportation
The Mesopotamians used wagons since they were presumably the creators of the wheel they invented the wheel because they had to push large bricks to build stuff they even started with logs under the brick but the they created the wheel. They then created wagons to carry their building materials that's when they started to use it for trading. They also used boats to carry items on the rivers. Transportation ways were Foot, Donkeys, Wagons, And Carts.
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What they transported
The Mesopotamians transported and traded many goods some of them were Wool, Cloth, Jewelry, Oil, Grains, And Wine. Other goods included Barley, Stone, Wood, Pearls, Carnelian, Copper, Ivory, Textiles, And Reeds which were used for paper. Most of the food was from farms.
Inventions
Inventions included Chariots and the first Battering Ram these were used in war. Other inventions were for the good of the community such as the wheel which helped to transport goods and heavy materials and they even made boats.
Cities in Mesopotamia
Cities were located in like the middle of the Euphrates and the Tigris river. The civilizations were the Sumerians, Assyrians, And the Babylonians
Cities in Mesopotamia
Where they got supplies
The Mesopotamians got their supplies from many things they got their metal and wood from the surrounding mountains and they got their food mainly from farms. The Mesopotamians got their water from streams and rivers.
Who sold the materials?
Who sold materials?
Merchants traded goods for goods that were not available in some places. They also provided information.
Marketplaces
Marketplaces is where the merchants sold their goods to local people. All marketplaces were located in cities near the center.
Marketplaces
Routes and Rivers
Some routes included the Euphrates, Tigris, Nile, And Yellow river
Routes
Where the Mesopotamian's got metal and wood
Metal and wood
The Mesopotamian's got their wood and metal from surrounding Mountains and Forests