The Near East During The Bronze Age

The Near East During The Bronze Age is an extensive period of a panoply of pivotal innovations within human culture.

Bronze Age Near East

The Late Bronze Age

Economy and Commerce

At the ancient city of Alalah (in a region of modern Turkey) a clay tablet bearing detailed record of the purchase of a large number of wooden tables, chairs, and stools was discovered. [1]

On the one hand, this document is an accounting document. Whether it belongs to the buyer or seller (I do not know) it does give us insight into the nature of commerce and accounting of the time.

This record of purchase found on a clay tablet inscribed with cuneiform could have been used in other accounting documents. A tablet that contained a budget for each month (quarter, or some interval) could have used this receipt to calculate total expenditures. It could have

This specific tablet found at Alalah dates to around 1500 BCE — the Late Bronze Age of the Near East. [1] Others found near Alalah (in modern Turkey) record the sale of an entire city. [1]