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An Assyrian Trading Outpost

Clay tablets unearthed at the site of Kanesh in Anatolia describe in detail an Assyrian merchants' colony there, the headquarters of an extensive commercial system, that linked two ancient cultures

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 208 Issue 2This article was originally published with the title “An Assyrian Trading Outpost” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 208 No. 2 (), p. 96
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0263-96