In this analysis of the first colonialisms in history, the eastern
roots of the Phoenician colonial system in the first millennium BC
are traced and the metropolis of Tyre is established as the final
link in a long chain of colonial experiences in the ancient Near
East. The author reviews some of the theories and debates about
trade and the colonial phenomenon, scrutinises the colonial
situations that arose in the East in a context of long-distance
interregional trade, and analyses the examples where a metropolis
with a mercantile tradition intervenes and acts as intermediary in
different interregional exchange circuits. The book further
develops the ongoing debate about the place of the economy in the
ancient world and the pertinence of using features from modern
economy - such as market, capital, private initiative, laws of
supply and demand, and money - to explain the economies of the
past.
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