Peddlers In Mesopotamia "during the Old Babylonian Period"

Document Type : Academic scientific reviews of any other material related to the main domains of this Journal.

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South Valley University

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Peddlers were the true foundation for the emergence of a comprehensive commercial system that catered to both the essential and non-essential needs of ancient Iraqi society. They played a vital role in transporting goods required by people between rural areas or between these areas and more urbanized cities. Peddlers traded in all types of merchandise, though their domestic trade was primarily focused on foodstuffs, while their foreign trade centered on metals and textiles. Consequently, their transactions with the merchants who financed them were of significant interest to the law during the Old Babylonian period, given their role in stimulating both domestic and foreign trade, particularly in the Assyrian colonies.

Despite their economic contributions, society viewed them with a degree of disdain and suspicion due to the nature of their work, which relied on constant movement. The urban population often remained unaware of their origins, and their itinerant lifestyle bore resemblances

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