Storiascopio · Era 3 of 12 · primary year 4
Trade between the Indus and Mesopotamia
about 2300 BC · Dilmun (now Bahrain), in the Persian Gulf
In short
Ships set out from the Indus Valley loaded with fine woods, red carnelian beads and copper, and crossed the Persian Gulf to Mesopotamia. In Sumerian texts that faraway land is called Meluhha. The island of Dilmun, today's Bahrain, was an important stop for trade. In Mesopotamian cities archaeologists have found seals and beads that came all the way from the Indus.
Why it matters More than 4000 years ago, trade was already linking peoples who lived very far apart.
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, “Indus Valley Civilization”
Where we are in the era “River civilisations”
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about 4000 BCEvent 14 of 25about 1200 BC
Your turn
Name ______________________ Class ______ Date __________
When did it happen? Find the date at the top and write it here:
Tell it in your own words: what happened?
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