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Trade at the Sea of the Rising Sun: Neo-Elamite commercial involvement in the Persian Gulf network (1000-525 BC)

Descripción del proyecto

Una visión elamita del comercio en el golfo Pérsico

Desde el tercer milenio a. C., el golfo Pérsico es una ruta marítima internacional importante que conecta las civilizaciones regionales con el océano Índico. Aunque existen amplios registros del tráfico del tercer y el segundo milenio a. C., apenas quedan evidencias de principios del primer milenio a. C. El proyecto financiado con fondos europeos TRADElam estudiará las relaciones comerciales elamitas y las redes comerciales en el golfo Pérsico entre principios y mediados del primer milenio a. C. El proyecto creará una visión general de las redes comerciales entre Elam y las civilizaciones vecinas de Arabia oriental y Mesopotamia después de estudiar las rutas terrestres y marítimas e identificar los recursos naturales y los productos con los que se comerciaba. TRADElam también se centrará en el papel de las comunidades autóctonas costeras.

Objetivo

Since the 3rd millennium BC, the Persian Gulf has been a key international trade route both connecting the civilisations around it, such as Elam, Mesopotamia, Dilmun and Magan, and orienting these societies towards the Indian Ocean. The lack of diversity in natural resources on both sides of the Gulf motivated early Middle Eastern states to explore maritime trade in order to obtain and exchange raw materials and finished products (e.g. copper, timber, textiles). Especially, littoral societies on the shores of the Gulf shared a maritime culture based on long-distance trade, and were part of an interlinked system that included agricultural villages and oases that sustained the caravan trade. In order to achieve a deeper understanding of interregional contacts between Elam, Mesopotamia and Eastern Arabia, one requires a profound knowledge of the political climate promoting commercial exchange, the maritime and overland trading itineraries, the import and export products, and the people involved in these commercial networks. TRADElam aims to study the commercial relations and trading networks in the Gulf region during the 1st half of the 1st millennium BC. While there is abundant maritime traffic recorded for the 3rd-2nd millennium BC, traces of Gulf commerce become scarce in the early 1st millennium BC. The first part of the project will therefore create a general overview of the commercial networks between Elam, Eastern Arabia and Mesopotamia during the 1st half of the 1st millennium BC. To achieve this, one will study the maritime and overland trade routes and identify the natural resources as well as the import and export products of each region. The second part will focus on the role of the indigenous coastal communities involved in these commercial relations.

Ámbito científico

CORDIS clasifica los proyectos con EuroSciVoc, una taxonomía plurilingüe de ámbitos científicos, mediante un proceso semiautomático basado en técnicas de procesamiento del lenguaje natural.

Coordinador

UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN
Aportación neta de la UEn
€ 254 633,28
Dirección
PLACE DE L UNIVERSITE 1
1348 Louvain La Neuve
Bélgica

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Región
Région wallonne Prov. Brabant Wallon Arr. Nivelles
Tipo de actividad
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Enlaces
Coste total
€ 254 633,28

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