Economy & TradeThe 2nd millennium BCE

Economy & Trade in the 2nd millennium BCE

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged economy and trade — trade, currency, industry and resources, narrowed to the 2nd millennium BCE — 3 of them, drawn from 3 nations, running from 2000 BCE to 1470 BCE. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
3
Nations
3
Earliest
2000 BCE
Latest
1470 BCE
Asia
2
Africa
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. 2nd-1st millennium BCEAsia

    Oman

    The frankincense trade flourishes in Dhofar

    The resin of the Boswellia sacra tree, harvested in Dhofar, became one of antiquity's great luxury goods, carried by caravan and ship from southern Arabia to the Mediterranean.

    Era: Magan, Copper and the Land of Frankincense

    Sources: Land of Frankincense · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Ancient Oman: Archaeological Digs and Historical Discoveries in the Sultanate of Oman · Library of Congress

  2. from antiquityAsia

    Qatar

    Pearling and fishing villages on the Gulf coast

    The peninsula's people lived from pearl diving, fishing and seasonal Bedouin herding, with pearls the great export carried across the Indian Ocean and Arabia from the early Islamic period and earlier.

    Era: Pearls, Tribes and the Town of Al Zubarah

    Sources: Al Zubarah Archaeological Site · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Persian Gulf States: Country Studies (Qatar) · Library of Congress, Federal Research Division

  3. c. 1470 BCEAfrica

    Somalia

    Hatshepsut's expedition to Punt

    Reliefs at Queen Hatshepsut's temple at Deir el-Bahri record a major Egyptian trading voyage to the Land of Punt, returning with myrrh trees, incense, gold and ivory—the most celebrated ancient evidence of the trade.

    Era: The Land of Punt and the Ancient Incense Coast

    Sources: Punt (ancient region, Africa) · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Punt · World History Encyclopedia