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How did early civilisations interact with each other?
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The clearest link is Harappan-Mesopotamian trade .
- Mesopotamia and the Harappans were geographically close , and this proximity facilitated strong contacts and trade .
- The tablets of Sargon name three eastern trading territories:
Their name
Today
Meluhha
The
Sindhu-Sarasvati civilisation
Dilmun
Bahrain
Magan
The
Oman peninsula
- Goods traded: semiprecious stone beads, ivory, timber, gold dust, and probably copper .
- For Egypt and China , there is little solid evidence of direct contact .
- Much later, from the 2nd century BCE , the Silk Route carried goods and ideas between China and the west.
- The India and Buddhism link is Grade 7 recall, not given in this chapter.
