{"id":15923,"date":"2023-04-20T03:30:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T03:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/pick-an-example-of-long-distance-trade-in-the-old-world-and-discuss-its-role-in-the-development-and-or-maintenance-of-civilization\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T03:30:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T03:30:48","slug":"pick-an-example-of-long-distance-trade-in-the-old-world-and-discuss-its-role-in-the-development-and-or-maintenance-of-civilization","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/pick-an-example-of-long-distance-trade-in-the-old-world-and-discuss-its-role-in-the-development-and-or-maintenance-of-civilization\/","title":{"rendered":"Pick an example of long-distance trade in the Old World and discuss its role in the development and\/or maintenance of \u201ccivilization.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you write, be sure to make note of three things:<\/p>\n

(1) What was the structure of the long-distance trade? That is: what was carried? who carried\n<\/div>\n
it? how did they carry it? from where did they carry it? to where?\n<\/div>\n
(2) How do we, as researchers, detect this long-distance trade? That is: what is the evidence\n<\/div>\n
that this process occurred?\n<\/div>\n
(3) What was the importance of this long-distance trade to the development or maintenance of\n<\/div>\n
the society at one end of the trade route or the other? That is: what role did it play in\n<\/div>\n
supporting the social and\/or political structure of that society? <\/div>\n
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INSTRUCTIONS:\n<\/div>\n
(1) Your essay should be 1600-2000 words (4-5 pages) long. Too much less will mean that you\n<\/div>\n
haven\u2019t addressed the questions, and too much more will mean that you aren\u2019t writing\n<\/div>\n
concisely and cleanly. You essay must be clear, and well written.\n<\/div>\n
(2) Do not spend too much time on an introductory section. There is no need to restate the\n<\/div>\n
development of social complexity in Eurasia as your introduction. As with earlier essays, you\n<\/div>\n
should write in an informal, but clear style. Don\u2019t try to sound \u201cprofessorial.\u201d (I sure don\u2019t!)\n<\/div>\n
(3) Quotations: DO NOT USE A QUOTATION THAT IS LONGER THAN FIVE WORDS IN YOUR\n<\/div>\n
ESSAY. If you want to bring in an idea from something you have read, use your own words to\n<\/div>\n
explain it, and then put in a citation, so the reader knows where the idea came from.\n<\/div>\n
(3) Your essay should cite at least 5 different published sources. You may reference any relevant\n<\/div>\n
readings that have been assigned for the class, and at least two other sources that have not\n<\/div>\n
been assigned. Any non-assigned sources should be books or articles (many of which can be\n<\/div>\n
accessed online) but probably should not be web sites.\n<\/div>\n
There are some good websites about ancient trade out there, but they are few and far\n<\/div>\n
between. If you find one that you think reaches a good academic standard and you want to use\n<\/div>\n
it as part of your research, email me to ask about it.\n<\/div>\n
Any website used as a source without my approval will result in grade deductions.\n<\/div>\n
(4) Citations in your essay (and there should be many) should use this format:\n<\/div>\n
There is evidence that professional merchants and traders acted independently, and\n<\/div>\n
not on behalf of the state (Barjamovic 2019:86).\n<\/div>\n
(5) DO NOT WRITE:\n<\/div>\n
As Gojko Barjamovic wrote in his 2019 article titled \u201cMesopotamian Economy\n<\/div>\n
and Trade,\u201d here is evidence that professional merchants and traders acted\n<\/div>\n
independently, and not as agents of the state.\n<\/div>\n
That just looks like you\u2019re trying to pump up your word count. This sort of \u201ccitation\u201d will result\n<\/div>\n
in grade deductions.\n<\/div>\n
Instead, write your sentence like the one above in (4). Writing that is concise and clear is the\n<\/div>\n
goal.\n<\/div>\n
(6) you need to cite sources even if you are not making a direct quote.\n<\/div>\n
(7) the citation is part of the sentence; you write the author, date, and page number(s) and\n<\/div>\n
then the period (if the citation comes at the end of a sentence).\n<\/div>\n
(8) Any references that you did not get from the Blackboard site should be listed in a\n<\/div>\n
\u201cBibliography\u201d or \u201cReferences Cited\u201d section at the end that gives the source\u2019s full reference so\n<\/div>\n
that I can examine your sources of information. (That section doesn\u2019t count toward the word\n<\/div>\n
limit.)\n<\/div>\n
(9) When you cite a journal article or book that you found on the web, cite the original\n<\/div>\n
publication information (journal title, book name, publisher, etc.) not the URL. So, if you are\n<\/div>\n
citing the article by Barjamovic (2019) in your essay, you should list it in your bibliography as:\n<\/div>\n
Barjamovic, G., 2019, Mesopotamian Economy and Trade. Pages 82-95 in A. Lassen, E. Frahm\n<\/div>\n
and K. Wagensonner (ed.s) Ancient Mesopotamia Speaks. Highlights from the Yale\n<\/div>\n
Babylonian Collection. New Haven, CT: Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History\n<\/div>\n
You should not list it as:\n<\/div>\n
https:\/\/learn.wsu.edu\/webapps\/blackboard\/execute\/content\/file?cmd=view&mode=designer&\n<\/div>\n
content_id=_4305855_1&course_id=_266329_1\n<\/div>\n
(10) if you are referencing something that I said in class, add a citation that looks like this\n<\/div>\n
(Sugerman, lecture 7). It is much, much better to use citations from academic publications\n<\/div>\n
though.\n<\/div>\n
Remember: if you didn\u2019t know something coming into the class, then you need a citation for it.\n<\/div>\n
If you are writing something that isn\u2019t \u201ccommon knowledge\u201d then you need a citation for it.\n<\/div>\n
If you are writing \u201cIt was a nice day on Friday\u201d then you don\u2019t need a citation. But if you are\n<\/div>\n
writing \u201cIt was a nice day on Friday, March 15th, 2000 BC\u201d then you do need a citation for it.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As you write, be sure to make note of three things: (1) What was the structure of the long-distance trade? That is: what was carried? who carried it? how did they carry it? from where did they carry it? to where? (2) How do we, as researchers, detect this long-distance trade? That is: what is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[703],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/15923"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/15923\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=15923"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=15923"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=15923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}