From Egypt to Mesopotamia
Subtitle: a study of predynastic trade routes
By: Samuel Mark.
Edition: lst ed.
Series: Studies in nautical archaeology ;; no. 4
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press; Chatham Pub.
Published: 1998
Place of publication: College Station, Tex; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
Subjects: Underwater archaeology -- Middle East.; Egypt -- Antiquities.; Middle East -- Antiquities.; Egypt -- Commerce -- Iraq.; Iraq -- Commerce -- Egypt.
Description: In From Egypt to Mesopotamia, Samuel Mark ferrets out the two possible trade routes between these two vastly different cultures. Ancient shipwreck sites and recently discovered artifacts allow Mark to delineate avenues of trade between Egypt and Mesopotamia.

Taking to task previous studies that describe the Egypt-Mesopotamia trade connection as being one between two homogeneous cultures, Mark focuses on the variety of cultural differences, rather than their shared similarities, to map the infusion of these cultures.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-172) and index.