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Trading with the Outside World
The Israelites constantly interacted with foreign nations. This article identifies Israel’s trade partners and examines the items they commonly traded.After the tribes of Israel were united under King David (around 1000 B.C.), international trade began to increase. Israelite rulers built storage cellars and warehouses to store wine, grain, and olive oil taken from local farmers as a form of taxation.…
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Methods of Trade
Donkeys or oxen? Rivers or seas? See what the logistics of trade were in biblical times.Throughout the biblical period, trading was usually conducted at the town gate or near the entrance to towns. As trading became more complex, market stalls were set up in central parts of cities. Traveling merchants from other nations also traded their goods in these marketplaces.…
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Local Trading and Local Economies
What did average people bring to the market in biblical times? Find out here.Ancient Palestine was largely an agricultural society. People traded farm products and animals from their flocks in the marketplaces. Farmers brought wheat and barley, grapes and wine, olives and olive oil, figs, dates, and nuts to markets in nearby towns and cities. Herders brought milk, cheese, and…
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Improvements in Transportation
Trading on foot is a tough business – you can only exchange what you carry. See how improved transportation changed the trade landscape.As trading between regions and countries became more important, so did travel. In fact, trade and travel link so completely that discussing one involves discussing the other.Improvements in transportation made it easier for merchants to trade in distant…
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Trade
The nation of Israel was a strategic trade location. Check out what they traded and how trading shaped the culture of the Ancient Near East.The earliest Israelites traded in animals, milk, cheese, and wool. Even after they settled in Canaan, the Israelites were farmers and herders, but few were professional merchants. However, unlike more isolated areas of the world, the…
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Early Israelites
Most of the Israelites were nomads. Find out where and how they traveled in the Ancient Near East. Before they settled in Canaan, the earliest ancestors of the Israelites were nomads, which means that they lived by moving herds of sheep and goats from place to place to find good pastures. For example, the Bible tells us how Abraham moved…
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