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How Did Indus Goods Reach Mesopotamia? - Segmented Trade in the Bronze Age World | Sleepy Facts About History
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A single etched carnelian bead, weighing almost nothing and found in Mesopotamia, offers physical proof that it traveled four thousand miles from the Indus Valley. Yet this small, polished object proves a connection between two distant civilizations without proving that any one person made the entire journey. This episode explores how goods moved across the Bronze Age world when direct, long-distance voyaging was unlikely, examining the segmented chains of specialists, interpreters, and…
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