ANCIENT ROME TRADE
Trading in Ancient Rome was vital to living, the empire costs money to run and most of that was made by trading . Rome had many trading routes that covered the mediterranean sea and black seas . The Romans made trade as easy as possible there was only one currency used . The Romans imported a lot of materials like beet, corn, glassware, iron, lead, leather, marble, olive oil , perfume, purple dye, silk, silver, spices, timber, tin and wine. BELOW ARE SOME TRADE ROUTES THAT ANCIENT ROME USED AND SHIPS THEY IMPORTED GOODS WITH.
ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAN TRADE
Ancient Mesopotamia was a civilisation that did not have many natural resources. Therefore,the people who lived there needed to trade with neighbouring countries in order to acquire the materials needed to survive. From Babylonia Grains and oils or textile then taken to foreign cities and exchanged for timber, wine and precious metals and stones. They used many different ways to transport there goods depending on what they were transporting . For example grain was quite bulky so it was transported on boat. When the new supplies arrived, whether by boat or by caravan, banquets were held in many upper and lower class homes. The ancient mesopotamians were extremely grateful for food.
BELOW IS A PHOTO GALLERY SHOWING MESOPOTAMIAN MONEY, TRADE ROUTES, TRANSPORT AND GOODS.
BELOW IS A PHOTO GALLERY SHOWING MESOPOTAMIAN MONEY, TRADE ROUTES, TRANSPORT AND GOODS.
COMPARISONS
Both Roman and Mesopotamian trade was vital for the survival and growth of there civilisation. Ancient Rome mostly needed trade to prune the empire that costed money and all that was made from trading. Mesopotamia however needed trade to gain natural resources because they didn't have many. Romans would keep trade as easy as possible and use one currency. Mesopotamia trade was a little bit more difficult because sometimes you could lose track of things. They both had many routes to neighbouring countries but Rome had very long range overseas routes as well. So they both constantly traded to keep there civilisations flowing and alive.