Tappe siriane di commerci a lunga distanza nel III millennio a.C.
Syrian stopovers in long-distance trade routes in the III millennium b.C. · The recent publication of Egyptian and Syrian texts and the rereading of some known texts, all dating back to the III millennium b.C., proved that in Syria, back then, several cities, capitals of kingdoms, were important stop-overs in the long-trade routes that connected the Middle East to Egypt. This article focuses on traded goods, especially timber, ivory, lapis lazuli, tin, silver and gold.