Akkadian Economics

• Foster, Benjamin R. ^[1]
  1. [1] Yale University

     Yale University

     Town of New Haven, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Rivista di storia economica, ISSN 0393-3415, Vol. 31, Nº. 1, 2015, págs. 7-24
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • After an introduction to the chronological and political parameters of the Akkadian period, this essay surveys agriculture, animal husbandry, industrial output, sources of wealth and markers of status, the importation of foreign prestige goods, and domestic and foreign commerce. Brief attention is given to the redistributive and tributary models for the Akkadian economy.