Old Assyrian cuneiform texts which are unearthed in
Boğazköy, Alişar, Kaman Kalehöyük, Kayalıpınar, Acemhöyük, and
primarily in Kültepe are the oldest written sources of Anatolia, and
which with their rich content from many aspects allow us to get to
know Anatolia of approximately 4000 years ago. The content of these
documents, which have reached 25000 in number nowadays, are
related to financial subjects since a major part of them belong to
Assyrian merchants. Furthermore, in addition to the political, legal
and social structure of the period, these documents also contain
information on the historical geography of Anatolia. In this respect,
the texts mainly report the names of the cities where merchants
carried out commercial activities or supplied goods and despite being
rare, the names of the rivers and mountains they had to pass or cross.
A small number of documents contain information on the fees
merchants had to pay when they crossed the bridges on their routes.
This study addresses the bridges mentioned in the Old Assyrian texts
in the period corresponding to the first quarter of 2000 B.C. and
investigates on which rivers these bridges can be nowadays
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | December 28, 2018 |
Published in Issue | Year 2018 |