Socıoeconomıc Structure Of The Eastern Anatolıa From The Begınnıng To The Mıddle Iron Age
BAŞLANGIÇTAN ORTA DEMİR ÇAĞI’NA KADAR DAĞLIK DOĞU ANADOLU’NUN SOSYO-EKONOMİK YAPISI

Author : Sırrı TİRYAKİ
Number of pages : 621-661

Abstract

The traces of the first human in the Eastern Anatolia Region goes back to the Palaeolithic Age. Due to the hard conditions of the period, the first people in this region could only consume the wild fruits and benefit from the roots of some plants. However, in the later stages of the Palaeolithic Age, significant changes occurred in the socio-cultural structure of the region after environmental and climatic conditions became appropriate in Eastern Anatolia. Hunting and foraging, for example, turned into one of the indispensable livelihoods of daily life. In addition, in the Neolithic Age, the fertile obsidian resources found in the Mountainous East Anatolia had high effect on inter-regional trade. With the beginning of the Bronze Age, the semi-nomadic tribal style groups living via animal husbandry started to play an important role in the socio-economic structure of the region. The tribal-style structures that emerged in the region began to turn into the local political forces called Uruadri and Nairi towards the end of the Bronze Ages. The policies and military policies developed by the local politic forces called Uruadri and Nairi against the Assyrian attacks shaped the socio-economic structure of the region at the Early Iron Age.

Keywords

Mountainous East Anatolia, Hunting and Foraging, Obsidian, Nomadic Groups, Uruadri and Nairi

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