TRADE, MERCHANTS, AND THE LOST CITIES OF THE BRONZE AGE

We analyze a large data set of commercial records produced by Assyrian merchants in the nineteenth century BCE. Using the information from these records, we estimate a structural gravity model of long-distance trade in the Bronze Age. We use our structural gravitymodel to locate lost ancient cities....

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Main Authors: Barjamovic, G. (Author), Chaney, T. (Author), Cosar, K. (Author), Hortacsu, A. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2019
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