THE HISTORICAL ROADS OF SIVAS: THE FOOTSTEPSOF THE MERCHANT, PRIEST and COMMANDER (Episode 2)

By examining the ceramics found as a result of surface surveys, Some of the settlement centers in Sivas in prehistoric times relations have begun. Ceramics, Sarkisla-Altinyayla and Ulaş indicates that there was a connection between the plains of the Chalcolithic period. is doing. Again, there are eight bridges between Yıldızeli-Center-Şarkışla-Kangal. BC in the settlement Painted ceramics dating to the end of the 3rd millennium BC the existence of a trade route, parts of which pass through the Upper Kızılırmak Basin. shows. Trade Routes Trade routes that were used in the city in prehistoric times, It is seen that it is used more actively with historical periods. region and In addition to the existing trade routes in the region, the ceramics found in It shows that new roads were added in the Middle Bronze Age. B.C. 2 thousand The beginning of the use of writing in Anatolia, the merchants This road, which was used by In Anatolian history, it is called the Age of Assyrian Trade Colonies. In the period, an intense commercial relationship started between Mesopotamia and Anatolia. Assyrian merchants, who came to Anatolia to trade, were here for about 40 years. trading colonies called kārum and wabartum in the city they have established. of the centers identified within the provincial borders of Sivas. locations and the Middle Bronze Age ceramics found in these centers, Upper Bronze Age The road connecting the Kızılırmak Basin to the plains of Tokat, Kayseri and Malatya their routes were used during the Assyrian Trade Colonies Age. shows. Sivas was an important city where transportation routes passed. It is one of the cities where Assyrian merchants established colonies because of its location. someone has been. Today, two Colonial Periods are located within the city limits. placement has been matched. Yıldızeli district is one of these settlements. Šamuha, located near Kayalıpınar Village, The road to the Black Sea Tegarama, which is located on the Gürün line, to Malatya was located on the eastern route. Alişar in Koçköprü Castle III ceramics and characteristic Middle Bronze Age red burnished pottery fragments of an alternative southeast route passing through Kangal in the period. may indicate that. Assyrian merchants first sold their imported goods in Anatolia with low quality copper. they were changing. This low copper is then paired with high, purged copper. are exchanged and good quality copper is given to the Anatolian people in exchange for silver and gold. was being sold. The city of Durhumit, located in the Central Black Sea Region, has Thanks to its copper deposits, Assyrian merchants were able to distill copper. It has become one of the most important centers. From east to north of Kaniš Kt 92/k 3, in which expenses during a correctly made trip are recorded In the document no., we proceed to this copper distillation center from the north of Kayseri and Crossing the Kızılırmak, going from the west of Yıldızeli towards Tokat. appears to have been achieved. In order Hurama-Luhuzattia-[X]- ŠamuhaHatipitra-Kutia-Karahna And Kuburnate of your cities in the name of encountered of the document relating to lines is as follows: “I gave 1 šeqel of silver to the caravanserai in Hurama. To Ikunpiya, son of Dāya I paid 21 šeqel in Luhuzatiya for textile smuggling. donkeys and I paid 3 šeqel tin for their shelter. [xx] I paid for the bridge. I paid x šeqel tin for the inn in Šamuha. 1 for the porter up to Šamuha I paid šeqel silver. I paid 3 šeqel tin in Hatipitra. municipality in Kutia I gave 1 ½ šeqel tin to its president. 12 šeqel to rabi sikkatim in karahna I paid tin. 3 šeqel silver for porters up to Kuburnat in Karahna I paid. I gave 6 šeqel of silver for the nishatum tax at the border…”