Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Contributors
- Introduction générale et remerciements par Christian Buchet
- General introduction and acknowledgements
- Introduction (français)
- Introduction (English)
- La mer est le propre d'Homo sapiens
- PREHISTORICAL CASE STUDIES
- HISTORIAL CASE STUDIES: The Ancient Near East and Pharaonic Egypt
- Watercraft at the beginning of history: the case of third-millennium Southern Mesopotamia
- La navigation fluviale sur l'Euphrate au second millénaire av. J.-C.: usages, enjeux et communautés de pratiques
- The development of maritime exchange in the Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean
- Development of maritime trade in the Egyptian world during the Late Age
- Les peuples de la mer
- Un événement nautique de la XXVIe dynastie: le voyage de la future divine adoratrice Nitocris de Saïs à Thèbes sous le règne de Psammétique Ier en 655 av. J.-C.
- HISTORICAL CASE STUDIES: The Mediterranean world
- HISTORICAL CASE STUDIES: The Indian Ocean and the Far East
- Conclusion (français)
- Conclusion (English)
- Conclusion générale par Christian Buchet
- General conclusion
- Comprendre le rôle de la mer dans L'histoire pour éclairer notre avenir
- Understanding the role the sea has played in our past in order to shed light on our future!
Development of maritime trade in the Egyptian world during the Late Age
from HISTORIAL CASE STUDIES: The Ancient Near East and Pharaonic Egypt
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 April 2017
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Contributors
- Introduction générale et remerciements par Christian Buchet
- General introduction and acknowledgements
- Introduction (français)
- Introduction (English)
- La mer est le propre d'Homo sapiens
- PREHISTORICAL CASE STUDIES
- HISTORIAL CASE STUDIES: The Ancient Near East and Pharaonic Egypt
- Watercraft at the beginning of history: the case of third-millennium Southern Mesopotamia
- La navigation fluviale sur l'Euphrate au second millénaire av. J.-C.: usages, enjeux et communautés de pratiques
- The development of maritime exchange in the Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean
- Development of maritime trade in the Egyptian world during the Late Age
- Les peuples de la mer
- Un événement nautique de la XXVIe dynastie: le voyage de la future divine adoratrice Nitocris de Saïs à Thèbes sous le règne de Psammétique Ier en 655 av. J.-C.
- HISTORICAL CASE STUDIES: The Mediterranean world
- HISTORICAL CASE STUDIES: The Indian Ocean and the Far East
- Conclusion (français)
- Conclusion (English)
- Conclusion générale par Christian Buchet
- General conclusion
- Comprendre le rôle de la mer dans L'histoire pour éclairer notre avenir
- Understanding the role the sea has played in our past in order to shed light on our future!
Summary
ABSTRACT.This contribution analyses maritime trade in the Eastern Mediterranean during the Late Bronze Age (c. 1570–1200 BC), focussing on interconnections between Egypt and the states in Western Asia, and the role played by trade in the growth of these states. It shows that economic exchanges were embedded in an overall standardized pattern of high-level diplomatic interactions between rulers, whose customary metaphor was that of ‘brotherhood’ and ‘friendship’.
RÉSUMÉCette contribution analyse le commerce maritime en Méditerranée orientale pendant l’Âge du bronze récent (c. 1570–1200 av. J.-C.), en s'intéressant particulièrement aux interactions entre l’Égypte et les États d'Asie occidentale et au rôle du commerce dans la croissance de ces États. Elle montre que les échanges économiques s'intégraient dans un modèle général et standardisé d'interactions diplomatiques entre les souverains, qui se définissait par la métaphore traditionnellement usitée de « confrérie » et « camaraderie ».
INTRODUTION
This essay analyses the development of the maritime trade in the Eastern Mediterranean during the Late Bronze Age (c. 1570–1200 BC) and the interconnections between Egypt and the states in Western Asia (Hatti, Mittani, Babylon, Assyria, Alashiya/Cyprus and Canaan). International trade in the Eastern Mediterranean played a major role in the growth of states, and their rulers began to realize the importance of diplomacy in order to guarantee the exchange of goods and to increase their benefits. The states were engaged in a complex political game, between ‘independence’, ‘interdependence’ and ‘interaction’ based networks. Trade routes connected centers and enclaves, which spread different cultural influences, including religion, metallurgy, tools, pottery, garments and food. Economic exchanges were embedded in an overall standardized pattern of high-level diplomatic interactions, whose customary metaphor was that of ‘brotherhood’ and ‘friendship’.
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- The Sea in History - The Ancient World , pp. 165 - 174Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2017