Influssi reciproci tra le popolazioni del Mediterraneo orientale e quelle dell’Antico Vicino Oriente. Ne parla Archaeology:

1. Four millennia ago, desert caravan routes, treacherous mountain passes, and the shimmering Mediterranean Sea intimately connected the sprawling kingdoms and empires of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, the Levant, and the Aegean. Goods and ideas flowed between these culturally distinct and faraway lands, not only by means of extensive trade networks, but also through diplomatic gift exchanges and booty obtained from conquests.
   

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