Archaeologically attested since the Neolithic and documented since the 3rd millennium BC, long-distance or overland commerce -- as opposed to exchange and allocation of goods on a local level according to daily needs -- was founded on the necessity for ensuring the supply of so-called strategic goods (metal…
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Renger, Johannes (Berlin),
Briese, Christoph (Randers),
Bieg, Gebhard (Tübingen),
de Souza, Philip (Twickenham),
Drexhage, Hans-Joachim (Marburg),
Schreiner, Peter (Cologne) and
Kuchenbuch, Ludolf (Hagen),
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