The Lower town Assyrians called the karum-trade outpost was a part of the site where traders (native and foreign) stayed, lived and conducted business. ,,The end of the lower town can be dated to 1680, then we observe a microclimate change, the environment was under water and the traffic stopped.''1 The Kanesh karum was the largest. The unearthed documents written on baked-clay tablets record common activities, such as trade between the Assyrian colony and the city-state of Assur and between Assyrian merchants and locals. The Kültepe texts numbering over 23,000 are the oldest documents from Anatolia.
Sources:
- Fikri Kulakoğlu & Cécile Michel, Subartu XXXV KIM 1 Proceedings of the 1 st Kültepe International Meeting Kültepe 19-23 September, 2013, Studies dedicated to Kutlu Emre, Brepols Publishers 2015,
References
- ↑Fikri Kulako ğ lu & Cécile Michel, Subartu XXXV KIM 1 Proceedings of the 1 st Kültepe International Meeting Kültepe 19-23 September, 2013, Studies dedicated to Kutlu Emre, Brepols Publishers 2015,p. XI