Who did ancient Babylonians trade with?

Answer 1

If the trade routes were not secure and merchants were left to the mercy of bandits, trade would be discontinued and a general decline in the prosperity of the area would happen, as in 1000 BC, when throughout the Near East trade decreased.

Babylon became important in the Middle Eastern trade network. Not only were traders taking exports out and bringing imports in, but also merchants were carrying goods from places such as Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Kenya, Djibouti, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Uganda, South Africa, Oromia(ethiopia),Anatolia and Egypt up the rivers west and down the rivers east again. Nearly all of this merchandise was carried on boats up and down the river. One important source of trade, which had declined by the time of Hammurapi, was in Somaliland.