Trade in the Early Bronze Age: Ancient Mesopotamia and the East (Harappan Civilization, Oxus & Elam)

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Ever wonder how a land without any natural resources of its own could go on to become the world's first great urban civilization? How did copper, tin, silver, carnelian, lapis lazuli and other important commodities get to the markets and workshops of ancient Mesopotamia? This video takes a look at how international trade with the east facilitated the economic growth of the lands of Sumer and Akkad.
Contents:
00:00 Introduction
01:35 Commodities and Luxury Goods
04:15 Love of Lapis Lazuli
06:50 Types of Trade Networks
08:11 Shahr-e Sokhta
08:58 Tepe Hissar
10:58 Thank You and Patrons
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Sources and Suggested Reading:
Civilization Before Greece and Rome - H. W. F. Saggs
The Sumerian World - Harriet Crawford
The Ancient Indus Valley: New Perspectives - Jane R. McIntosh
Journey to the City: A Companion to the Middle East Galleries at the Penn Museum - Steve Tinney and Karen Sonik
The Archaeology of Iran from the Palaeolithic to the Achaemenid Empire - Roger Matthews and Hassan Fazeli Nashli
Civilizations of the Ancient Near East Vol. III - Ed. by Jack Sasson
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@TheCommandingChicken 11 ай бұрын

Yeah sourcing metals can be pretty rough, luckily I know a guy who says he can supply me with some good quality copper.

@marginbuu212 11 ай бұрын

I heard he's hard to get to. You'd have to send your servant through enemy territory.

@cal2127 11 ай бұрын

he stopped responding to my tablets

@laxman90210 11 ай бұрын

He just told me he scored some fine copper wire

@Drietfoga 11 ай бұрын

Bronze age shitposts destroyed my mind, when I saw the statue on the left I instantly heard UVVVREEEEAAAA in my head

@Jeyeyeyey 11 ай бұрын

getoutofmyheadgetoutofmyheadgetoutofmyhead

@TheMrcassina 11 күн бұрын

@@Jeyeyeyey Ut suliiiiiiii

@keithharper32 11 ай бұрын

very informative. But you left out the most important thing to know about trade in the ancient world: don't buy your copper from Ea-Nasir!

@screwyou7716 11 ай бұрын

Why do you say that? He's a respectable merchant

@AloisWeimar 11 ай бұрын

for a minute I thought you were doing a parody of the “invest in crypto I know a guy” AI generated posts you see in YT comments all the time.

@brixcosmo6849 9 ай бұрын

Great! Specially for those that somehow negate any influence of Sumerian and Levantine Civilizations in Egypt and Indus Valley Civilizations. They were all connected and all learnt from each other!

@sethbartley2212 11 ай бұрын

this was great! yes more please. its fun to read about battles and dynasties, but rarely do we get a peak at all the logistical gears that kept all those things turning. (which is odd considering like 90% of ancient docs are stuff like inventory specs and receipts)

@interdictr3657 11 ай бұрын

I am far more interested in the economics and logistics than the wars/battles. Getting to know how the society functioned( as far as we can tell)

@jhonviel7381 11 ай бұрын

@@interdictr3657 yeah and how did the rich screw the poor back then, and what lies they used to motivate them before the soft sciences.

@Breakfast_of_Champions 11 ай бұрын

The priests ran the agriculture. Taxation and redistribution through the temples, from daily pay in beer and bread to the annual harvest taxation. The king provides jurisdiction and periodically forgives accumulated debts in bad years etc to restore the initial state of things. The king also runs the army and public labor brigades.

@AintNoFossil 11 ай бұрын

Socio-Economic, Cultural and Intellectual histories dominate academic circles. Political and Military histories are seldom taught. So, the latter is a breath of fresh air since the former is all I engage with, more or less.

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

Thanks, will do! Glad to know there's interest in such topics. Thanks for watching!

@Ukr1018 11 ай бұрын

Another interesting thing is that trade between the two basically stopped when Rimush of Akkad went to war with the Harappans in Marhashi

@srikanthmajor 11 ай бұрын

Interesting. Never heard Harappans in war. Any reference to this please

@priyanks91 11 ай бұрын

Source ? This is the 1st I hear about a Harappan war

@thevenbede767 10 ай бұрын

Marhashi wasn't Harappan as far as I know. It was located on the Iranian Plateau so probably between the Harappans and Elam

@Ukr1018 10 ай бұрын

@@thevenbede767 it wasnt Harappan but the Harappans joined the war against the Akkadians

@youtubeuser1993 8 ай бұрын

This is a lie propagated by Indian nationalists. I know this because I searched this war online and found zero mentions of it in academic sources, but some by longtime Indian nationalists I know

@The-i-Shakk 11 ай бұрын

As an Ethnic Assyrian I appreciate your channel.

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

Thanks! I have a lot of Assyria-related content coming up too, stay tuned and thanks for watching!

@anasevi9456 11 ай бұрын

Weeeee yes, another Cy video! Early bronze age culture is so fascinating, how they spanned such great distances from Mesopotamia west to Egypt, and likely even more so at higher volume; the trade between Sumer and Harrapan cultures.

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

Thanks and hope this was useful... I'll put out some more vids related to this one in the future. As always thanks for watching!

@cthulu8mytoast 11 ай бұрын

I love watching historical videos of trade and economics of the ancient world. Some might think it dull, but I am fascinated how even in the past, goods and trade made the world go round.

@Talz1803 11 ай бұрын

I would love to see more about ancient trade!

@RealConstantinusMagnus 11 ай бұрын

Can you make a chronological playlist of the history of the near East (Egypt, Persia, Mesopotamia, etc.)?

@QalOrt 11 ай бұрын

What else do we know about the ancient cities between Susa and the Harrapan Civilisations and south of the Oxus? Is there anything easily accessible about those old cities?

@realwilldial 11 ай бұрын

Cy, do we know what the Sumerians were trading for the gold, copper, tin, carnelian, and lapis luzuli? It would need to be something that would be worth the effort to be sent east on the trade routes.

@buzzpounds6462 11 ай бұрын

Can I get a second?

@hermescarraro3393 11 ай бұрын

Who would have guessed that a video about trading would be so... Interesting. Good job! It's Always nice to Remember how the ancient world was just as connected and vibrant as the current One. It show the hows and whys for the many connections between these vastly different and distant cultures, not Just in goods, but also in ideas and beliefs. People often forget these things. 🙂👍 Also, the thumbnail was weirdly funny for some reason. 😂

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

Thanks! I hope to have some more videos on different aspects of trade soon. Lol yeah I kind of wanted to convey in the thumbnail the meeting of the two civilizations and that's all that I could come up with.

@hermescarraro3393 11 ай бұрын

@@HistorywithCy Haha, I dig that. I found It funny because the mesopotamian statue you used for the thumbnail was recently turned into a meme, alongside the famous letter of complain about a merchant Who sold bad copper.

@fdadachanji4635 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the concise history Cy. Very informative!

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

My pleasure, thanks for watching and for the continued support, really appreciate it!

@sunnyshine762 11 ай бұрын

Yes! I love learning about things like trade, development of technologies/cultures and just every day life.

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

Will hopefully have more such videos in the near future...thanks for watching!

@tammijatti9164 11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, really appreciate the support and glad you like the content! More on the way, stay tuned and thanks for watching!

@tammijatti9164 11 ай бұрын

@@HistorywithCy brother I wish I could do more right now, I just can’t at the moment. I’ve always loved your content. I’m gonna do everything I can to help pay for it.

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

@@tammijatti9164 No, please there's no need. I'm so grateful that viewers like you continue to watch, that's the greatest reward for me. Thanks so much for your support!

@randomnormie8690 11 ай бұрын

Ea-Nasir sends his regards

@WanaxTV 11 ай бұрын

Awesome video! Always nice to see more Mesopotamia content!

@Izwat 11 ай бұрын

Mesopotamia is a historical region located in the eastern Mediterranean, mainly within the borders of modern-day Iraq. The term "Mesopotamia" means "land between rivers" in Greek, referring to the fertile region situated between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Mesopotamia is often referred to as the cradle of civilization because it was one of the earliest known civilizations to develop in human history. It is renowned for its advanced city-states, complex societies, and significant contributions to various fields such as agriculture, writing, mathematics, law, and astronomy. Some of the most well-known civilizations that emerged in Mesopotamia include the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians. These civilizations built remarkable cities, developed sophisticated writing systems like cuneiform, and left behind impressive architectural structures such as ziggurats and palaces. Mesopotamia's historical significance lies not only in its cultural and technological achievements but also in its impact on subsequent civilizations. Many concepts, innovations, and cultural practices that originated in Mesopotamia influenced the development of later societies throughout the ancient Near East and beyond.

@theScrupulousBerserker 11 ай бұрын

Just started & Im curious right off the jump to see if the dragon Kur (or, underworld of Mesopotamian mythology aka the Zagros Mountain Range) is mentioned in this one. Always confuses me when historians always mention Tiamat as the 1st dragon from mythology & antiquity. However, in hronological terms, Kur pre-dates Tiamat, yet is hardly ever touched on. I find VERY LITTLE data on thr interweb when resSearching ol' Kur. I wonder why that is & curious if you have any insight into this one @History with Cy ? Big fan of your channel & I have noticed that might just be reciprocal, much obliged if so! skål 🐾

@psychosytheXmediaXco 11 ай бұрын

@Handler549You know, I never thought about it, but it would be really weird for there not to be a place in Greece called Mesopotamia

@visionplant 11 ай бұрын

I'd love a video about the Early Bronze Age Levant as that's where Proto-Semitic was spoken according to Bayesian analysis

@kalrandom7387 11 ай бұрын

Yes please, on more information about the trade networks. Distances and time frame for travel would be great. Information on when and where the same styles show up would be fantastic.

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

Will look into it! Thanks so much for watching, appreciate it!

@roykay4709 11 ай бұрын

Great to see trade explored. I hope you follow this up with the riverine/sea routes.

@JonoWarrior_K 11 ай бұрын

Funny how I'm just now reading Amanda Podany's Brotherhood of Kings which is all about ANE inernational relations and everything in this video in greater detail. It's a great read so far.

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

Nice, it's a great book. Her latest one Weavers, Scribes, and Kings is also good. I also recommend Letters of the Great Kings of the Ancient Near East by Trevor Bryce...it's similar to the one you're reading though doesn't go as far back. Thanks for watching!

@JonoWarrior_K 11 ай бұрын

@@HistorywithCy Hello Cy! I love your channel and your content, keep it up! Yeah I have Weaver, Scribes and Kings on my shelf and I cannot wait to dig into it. I havn't read that book by Trevor Bryce but I will check it out. But I do know about his Hittite research which I've looked into for my Honours project.

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

@@JonoWarrior_K Sounds good, let me know if you need more sources. Thanks again!

@christopherstorey1125 9 ай бұрын

Yes, great, and a vote for more !

@jimmysanchez2875 11 ай бұрын

Like always great work Cy! Mesopotamia is so rich in history. I was wondering if perhaps you could do a video of the navy battles between the kingdom of alashiya and the hittites?

@professor0076 8 ай бұрын

CY with the question u asked: do we want more content like this? answer is yes! sorry cy i just can't get Egypt vids down correctly. i will try again with ur's also. i tried but my head injuries just make my mind blank when i try to connect with egypt's time line. i do got help ....Eggos!.... eggos do help but i didn't research their history. thanks again! .

@geraldmeehan8942 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for yet another informative and entertaining episode. Keep up the good work!

@Amadeu.Macedo 11 ай бұрын

Outstanding!

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

@johnnyboeck8952 11 ай бұрын

I've been looking for early bronze trade info and heres cy with the answers I seek.

@wes4736 11 ай бұрын

Yaaaay, new history with cy video

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, appreciate it!

@pikmin4743 11 ай бұрын

excellent! more please!

@sjoerdjuxta 11 ай бұрын

thanks for the great vids

@robbabcock_ 11 ай бұрын

Great stuff, Cy!

@RealUvane 10 ай бұрын

Very good video!

@SusanCat5098 11 ай бұрын

So interesting. I wonder what the poorer Sumerians wore for decoration.

@rawr2u190 11 ай бұрын

Oh I always wondered about this topic!

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoyed it and thanks for watching!

@user-eh6th9wj5k 11 ай бұрын

Great video! Keep it rolling!

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

My pleasure, thanks for watching!

@lughaidhmoutia3589 11 ай бұрын

Thank you

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

You're welcome, thanks for watching!

@arnaldorentes5371 11 ай бұрын

Amazing video! THANK YOU!

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it, thanks for watching!

@Channel7Tonight 11 ай бұрын

Graet video!

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@mdstanton1813 11 ай бұрын

Hey Cy! Thanks for keeping up the great work

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

My pleasure, thanks for continuing to tune in for these, really appreciate it!

@joeshmoe8345 11 ай бұрын

Thanks

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@shipsey2 11 ай бұрын

This is a good video of the inside of trade keep it up more videos like this please

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

Thanks man for continuing to tune in, appreciate the support!

@joshuahosang6690 11 ай бұрын

Sweet

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@SkyFly19853 11 ай бұрын

I love that video. Very useful for developing Civ like video game I am making...

@elguido 11 ай бұрын

What an amazing topic! I have always been fascinated by the trade networks of the bronze age. That the egyptians Pharaoh's had amber from the baltic boows my mind! It is amazing how similar our worlds are. Thank you for another great video!

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

Thanks! I hope to do one on Egypt as well, especially dealing with parts of the Mediterranean and also to the south in Nubia and Punt. As always, thanks so much for watching and the continued to support of the channel!

@bobbinweirdbarbashandUncleBubb 11 ай бұрын

I love you videos me and Uncle Bubba loves your videos

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

Thank you and thank Bubba for me!

@bobbinweirdbarbashandUncleBubb 11 ай бұрын

@IranTalk 11 ай бұрын

Excellent video Cy, please keep up the excellent content.

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

For sure baradar, will do my best! Thanks for watching!

@IranTalk 11 ай бұрын

@@HistorywithCy No worries, thanks for getting back!

@Argacyan 11 ай бұрын

Me when I see the thumbnail: iltam zumrā rašubti ilātim

@stormshadow5283 11 ай бұрын

You should've mentioned how Ea Nasir scammed his customers of good quality copper.

@LuisAldamiz 11 ай бұрын

Don't the cups by the end of the video look "Samarran" style?

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

Yes true...they are actually from eastern Iran. Many of the styles are similar, though the motifs vary. Thanks for watching!

@someinteresting 11 ай бұрын

Great video. You'd do another on the western trade?

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

Thanks! Will look into it but I'm sure I'll do one at some time. Thanks for watching!

@hmsdemolition8588 11 ай бұрын

Hi Cy long time no see your videos , nice to see history again. Cy is it true that the Phoenician were the 1st to land in now USA land.?

@wes4736 11 ай бұрын

I'm legit curious where you've first heard that. Not to be rude, not at all, genuine curiosity.

@IStevenSeagal 11 ай бұрын

No, the first were Asians from east Asia to north America and Africans from north/west Africa to south America.

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

Thanks, glad you're enjoying these. About the Phoenicians coming to the Americas, that's one I haven't heard or seen evidence of... as far as I know there might be some evidence that they sailed as far as Briton. Anyway, thanks for watching!

@danhattaway3513 11 ай бұрын

😊❤️

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@YadinZedek777 11 ай бұрын

Where was Ur-Kasdim on the map North Harran?

@trending9221 6 күн бұрын

Do you know the similarity between priest king of indus valley and gautam buddh can you see their clothing style is same

@IStevenSeagal 11 ай бұрын

When Naram-Sin ruled the empire at its peak he had Turkmenistan and Pakistan to the east. Egypt, Anatolia and Cyprus to the west. Caucasus to the north. Yemen to the south. This size of an empire wouldn't get out-sized until Darius the great of Persia.

@carlosaugustodinizgarcia3526 11 ай бұрын

To think that they could conquer so much territory without horses is mindblowing.

@IStevenSeagal 11 ай бұрын

@@carlosaugustodinizgarcia3526 Oh they defintely had horses and also camels and mules.

@henkstersmacro-world 11 ай бұрын

👍👍👍

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

Thanks man!

@HVLLOWS1999 11 ай бұрын

Why is the Oxus Calley Civilization of Amu Darya not considered a Cradle of Civilization??

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

Good question... while some do consider it to be so, those who don't, and this is just my opinion, think this way because it was discovered relatively recently and not deemed to be as old as those of Mesopotamia and Egypt. In addition relatively little is known about it due to no discernable records being available. That's just my quick take... thanks for watching!

@papazataklaattiranimam 11 ай бұрын

6:39 there are too many Tepes🐸

@beepboop204 11 ай бұрын

@youtubeuser1993 8 ай бұрын

Extremely interesting!

@julianshepherd2038 11 ай бұрын

Harappan history would be easier if thhey had a a channel on KZfaq

@ajithsidhu7183 11 ай бұрын

How did the harapans and mesopotamians communicate

@sweetbunnybun 11 ай бұрын

Obv by learning languages, as usual

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

That's a great question... they had interpreters, and in the Harappan video from last month you can see a cylinder seal of one of them. Thanks for watching!

@ajithsidhu7183 11 ай бұрын

@@HistorywithCy thanks would you mind doing the history of North India like rajasthan, punjab etc

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

@@ajithsidhu7183 For sure! I was just in UP and Rajasthan in March and learned a lot more about the area. I will probably save it for sometime in 2024 though because I still have a lot to cover before that. Great suggestion though!

@ajithsidhu7183 11 ай бұрын

@@HistorywithCy thanks

@studytime2570 8 ай бұрын

Indus formed the general western border of Indian Subcontinent since centuries.

@AbdulHannanAbdulMatheen 11 ай бұрын

👏🙂

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@AbdulHannanAbdulMatheen 11 ай бұрын

@@HistorywithCyit's my pleasure as always. Keep up the amazing work.

@theuniverse5173 11 ай бұрын

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

Hey, thanks for stopping by!

@trending9221 6 күн бұрын

Do you know that indus valley elephant seal and elephant on Buddhists sculpture is exact same no difference

@nilsu1730 9 ай бұрын

Türkçe altyazi olmadığına çok üzüldüm

@Aryanworld7 11 ай бұрын

Indus valley empire probably extended up to shortugai and mittani.

@improvingdoomer3110 11 ай бұрын

Proud to be indian❤ Indus valley😸✊

@thli8472 11 ай бұрын

Commodities sounds like a roman name.

@jannieschluter9670 21 күн бұрын

It's "Shahr'e SukhtE", not Sukhta. xD

@dhmossedios2194 11 ай бұрын

I hope you will continue the series on Peloponnesian War. Can't wait

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

Oh I have something special for that... not what you'll expect and not until the Fall but trust me, it'll be worth it. Let's just say that I'll literally be going to the source of the conflict. Stay tuned and thanks for watching!

@dhmossedios2194 11 ай бұрын

@@HistorywithCy ❤️