They sought resins and the Cedars of Lebanon but they also traded for ivory, gold, silver and precious stones like Lapis lazuli.
They traded wood, metal, grains, dates, copper, tin, barley, and wheat.
They also exported surpluses to all different places.
The Sumerians traded such products as wheat, barley, and copper tools.
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The Assyrian traders came with a caravan of donkeys loaded with fine textiles their womenfolk wove, and tin that originally came from farther east. They traded the textiles and tin for silver and other goods. The Assyrian merchants were part of a family business that traded all over Mesopotamia and beyond.
what did the sumerians first used for trade
Yes, yes they do (:
they had a surplus in grainGrain and oil
they needed wood and eventually they had to trade their surplus for it and other things they didn't have but needed badly.
what the Chinese and the Sumerians had in common and what was unique about each culture. (5 points)
The Sumerians developed a large trade network in part because some of the resources their civilization required were not found in Mesopotamia. Wood is especially scarce in this region so lumber became one of the key trade items for the Sumerians. But most items the Sumerians traded for were those not available in Mesopotamia.
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They traded wood, metal, grains, dates, copper, tin, barley, and wheat. They also exported surpluses to all different places.
The most widely accepted theory is that Sumerian writing developed out of a system used to keep track of agricultural goods and trade items.
what did the sumerians first used for trade
The Sumerians performed a trade with foreign countries and other people out of the Persian Gulf. Extensive use of the wheel, which they attached to carts and horse drawn wagons.
what was trade important to sumerian city states
people candy sweets shoes trash
to earn money to build a ship
Yes, yes they do (:
they had a surplus in grainGrain and oil