Iron Age II period Trade included

Domestic Trade

Within Israel, trade was conducted in markets called bazaars. Trade routes were built between the three main trading cities: Istanbul, Aleppo, and Jerusalem. Istanbul, located in modern day Turkey, traded gold, wood, and fruit for tiles, carpets, and grains. Aleppo, located in modern day Syria, traded wheat and olives in exchange for cotton. Finally, Jerusalem traded wood (from nearby forests)and citrus fruit. For a background in trading, see http://countrystudies.us/israel/4.htm

International Trade

Salt, due to their location by the Dead Sea, was Israel's main export commodity. They exported salt to Crete, Mycenae,Cyprus, and Afghanistan in exchange for grapes, olives, vegetables, wine, wood. From Afganistan, they imported bronze, which was used for their weaponry: duckbill axes, chisel shaped axes, and a leaf shaped daggers with a wooden handles (shown in image below).

Sources

Image: [1] Website: http://countrystudies.us/israel/4.htm

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