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The ruins of Karum (known today at Kültepe in central Turkey), the capital trading centre of the Assyrian merchants in Anatolia in the first quarter of the 2nd millennium BCE. This period was called the “Assyrian Trading Colonies Period“.
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Raddato, C. (2019, April 06). Karum Ruins. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10414/karum-ruins/
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Raddato, Carole. "Karum Ruins." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified April 06, 2019. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10414/karum-ruins/.
MLA Style
Raddato, Carole. "Karum Ruins." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 06 Apr 2019. Web. 26 Jul 2024.
